Jennifer Leach, Assistant Director at the FTC’s Division of Consumer and Business Education, which received a 2016 Literacy Leadership Award from the National Coalition for Literacy last night, published this blog post on the FTC’s site on Monday: It’s Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. It’s a time to raise public awareness about the…
National: Social Media Stats ProLiteracy has been compiling some interesting social media statisitics on AEFl Week: The hashtag #AEFLweek has a total of 1,712,046 potential Twitter views. A total of 967 related tweets have been sent. There are 367 Twitter contributors on the topic so far. American Library Association Press Release See: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/09/transforming-lives-through-literacy-aefl-week-2016 For Immediate…
For the eighth consecutive year, Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) has introduced a resolution in United States House of Representatives recognizing this week as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. In addition to designating this week National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, the resolution “encourages people across the United States to support programs to assist those in need of…
National: Celebrating AEFL Week with a New Fact Sheet on Adult Education & Middle-Skill Jobs National Skills Coalition is joining in the celebration with a brand-new fact sheet highlighting the critical role of adult education in helping workers prepare for middle-skill jobs: More than 24 million US workers lack key foundational skills in reading,…