Volunteer Recruitment and Retention: Encourage Volunteers to Spread the Word
According to the 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating, there are four main reasons people don’t volunteer.
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US Adults Need Stronger Skills to Thrive in a Changing World
The new PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills data indicates 60 million US adults read at the lowest levels, while 72 million are at the lowest levels for numeracy.
Build a Book Club, and Build a Love of Reading Among Adult Learners
It's National Reading Month, and in partnership with Gemma, we’ve outlined every step to starting a book club for your adult students to build positive and successful experiences that instill a love of reading.
From the Desk of the CEO: Changing the Systems that Perpetuate Poverty and Low Literacy
Adults don’t stay low literate because they didn’t want to learn how to read—their economic status set them up to fail from the time they were young.
Multilingual Instruction Can Help the World Access Education
Worldwide, 40% of the population—or hundreds of millions of people—do not have access to an education in a language they speak or understand.
Use Professional Development to Model Inclusive Instruction of Adult Learners
The best way to help educators build inclusive classrooms might be to model that same inclusive framework during professional development.
Journal Shares ‘Power of Partnerships’ to Reach Low-Level Adult Learners
In the new issue of our research journal, leading experts share their experiences of how they reached low-level adults as the field shifted to career-focused instruction and funding.
