Students, City Council leaders, and advocates rally for adult literacy

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Adult literacy students, City Council leaders, and advocates gathered last week at City Hall Park urging Mayor de Blasio to invest $16 million in adult literacy services, which they say is a necessary down payment for a system of universal … Read More

Coalition calls for major state investment in adult literacy education

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(New York, NY) – In Governor Cuomo’s 2016-2017 Executive Budget, funding for adult literacy education was included at $6.3 million, an amount that has remained flat for the past three years despite the fact that this amount is significantly short … Read More