Adult Education Promotes Economic Opportunity, Creates Stable Families and Makes America More Competitive

From the Center for Law and Social Policy, this resource provides an overview of the need for adult education, as nearly 30 million adults in the U.S. have below a high school education. The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the Workforce Investment Act) provides services to support two million adults in gaining basic skills and a high school equivalent degree. Such programs help adult workers gain the basic skills they need to attain and maintain employment, and thus, less reliance on economic support programs.