Who needs Adult Basic Education (ABE) and illiteracy?
About 20 percent of Amerca’s workers have low basic skills, and 75 percent of unemployed adults have reading or writing difficulties. Children’s Literacy levels are strongly linked to the educational level of their parents. Parental income and martial status are both important predictors of success in school, but neither is as having a parent who completed high school. Adults with low literacy skills are at risk of not being able to understand materials distributed by health care providers. Fifty to 80 percent of all students in literacy and basic education programs also have a learning disability. A…..The St. Phillip’s Adult Community Learning Center operates two days per week, IE: Tuesday and Thursday with three classes scheduled between the hours of 1:30-4:30 p.m. B….All students will require a pre-course and post-course test. Material and computers are required for all courses, and will be provided by St. Phillip’s Adult Community Learning Center. Spring & Fall courses are 16 w
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