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…
The National Coalition for Literacy honors the memory and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, 2020, at her home in Washington, DC. Growing up in a low-income working class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, and inspired by her mother, Justice Ginsburg regarded a strong education as the…
The board and members of the National Coalition for Literacy celebrate the life and legacy of former first lady Barbara Bush, and send sincere condolences to her family on the occasion of her passing, April 17, 2018. A passionate advocate for literacy, Mrs Bush continually stressed the empowering nature of the ability to read…
Thanks to the efforts of our dedicated adult education advocates in Pennsylvania, Congressman Ryan Costello (R-PA-06) has joined the House Adult Literacy Caucus. Welcome, Representative Costello! For more information on the Adult Literacy Caucus, visit the Caucus page on the NCL website at https://nationalcoalitionforliteracy.org/house-adult-literacy-caucus/. If your Representative is not listed there, contact her/his staff…