Adult Learners
Take Action: Click on the red links below to find what you need to
- tell your story
- write your legislators
- visit with your legislators
Additional Resources: Check out others’ photos and videos about their experiences advocating for adult literacy. Please also tell us what you want to find here; click on “Submit” in the left column and give us your advice.
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Debra Nixon received her GED credential through a program of the DeKalb Technical College, Georgia, which is funded by Dollar General. Ms. Nixon was the guest of honor at a Dollar General workshop in Atlanta; she spoke to the crowd about her experience getting a GED credential. Here she is showing off her diploma with Jackson Routh of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
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Educating Funders, Government Officials, and the Public Educating Funders, Government Officials, and the Public is a guide that will help you prepare to speak with legislators and others about adult education. Many adult education programs do not have enough money to operate. You can speak from your experiences on how the program has helped you. Your experiences will help legislators understand why they should increase funding for adult education and improve it. This guide is from Voice of Adult Learners United to Educate (VALUE). VALUE is a charitable organization working to improve our nation's education system and empower adults who struggle with literacy to realize their human potential.
Adult Learner Statement of Rights
ProLiteracy invites you to sign the Petition on Adult Learner Statement of Rights. If you agree with what is written in the petition, use the online form found beneath it to sign on and submit the message to your legislators and the President.
Additional Resources
Arkansas Adult Learner Testimonials
The Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center offers several online video testimonials from adult learners and teachers on the benefits of earning a GED credential, improving English language skills, and strengthening job skills. To access the videos, visit their website and click on the tabs in the horizontal navigation.
Debra Nixon Gives Speech at NCL/Dollar General Session on Pathways and Advocacy
Ms. Nixon received her GED credential in December 2008. She tells her story at the NCL / Dollar General meeting in Atlanta. Click the red link above to watch the short (10 minute) video of her speech. She says, “If it was not for Dollar General I would not be able to do what I did. . . I never understood until now the value of getting my GED.” Ms. Nixon has since recruited adults from her workplace to take GED classes.
Even Start Success Stories from Pennsylvania, 2006-2009
Pennsylvania ABLE Annual Outstanding Adult Student Awards, also known as Success Stories,
recognize adult learners who have discovered that education can help them achieve their goals.
These individuals' stories from Pennsylvania’s Even Start Programs celebrate adult learners’ perseverance and accomplishments, and their teachers' dedication and effectiveness as they partner in representing the best in adult education and family literacy practice.
A Visit to the State House
A Visit to the State House is an online photo journal made by adult learners. It shows how adult learners from the Cambridge Community Learning Center prepared for a visit to their state house on Immigrants Day. Photos from their trip also show what their visit was like.
Student Rally for Rights
Student Rally for Rights is an online video of a student-led rally for adult education. The rally was held at the 2008 ProLiteracy Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. Adult learners at the conference made demands for more support of programs that help them learn to read, write, do math, use computers, and speak English.
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