Memo submitted to the Biden-Harris Transition Team by the National Coalition for Literacy and the Open Door Collective, December 2020 With its theme of “build back better,” the incoming Biden-Harris administration has named economic recovery and racial equity among its top priorities-and a spectrum of advocacy organizations have noted that “education holds the key…
National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week has begun! How will you take advantage of this opportunity? AEFL Week raises public awareness about the need for and value of adult education and family literacy. Its goal is to increase financial and societal support for access to basic education programs for U.S. adults with low…
On June 4, National Skills Coalition, the National Coalition for Literacy (NCL), and the Coalition for Adult Basic Education (COABE) collaborated to provide a virtual forum on the challenges that the pandemic environment and related policy decisions are creating for adult learners. The forum focused on adult educators’ ideas and concerns and introduced ways…
By Deborah Kennedy, president, National Coalition for Literacy Adult education and family literacy providers throughout the country are well aware of the effects of gaps in digital capability on both their programs and their program participants. These gaps are evident at multiple levels: Infrastructure: Availability of broadband has increased over time, but differences persist….