Blog : adult literacy

February 29, 2016
A Seeds GED student comes to class after work.

Masters of Disguise

Have you ever met someone and knew they were struggling in life with low literacy skills? You probably don’t think that you have. Yet 36 million adults are estimated to have less-than-basic literacy skills, while almost 30% of adults have numeracy skills that max out at counting and basic arithmetic. …
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September 01, 2015
Adult Literacy Matters to Cleveland

Why Adult Literacy Matters [Infographic]

September is National Literacy Month. There is a critical state of adult literacy in Cleveland, but Seeds of Literacy provides a successful solution. When people are empowered with stronger literacy skills, poverty levels go down. People are able to get better jobs, help their children with schoolwork, and be more …
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September 01, 2015
A GED student recieves help from Cleveland's Seeds of Literacy

The Importance of Adult Literacy

Given national and local conversations about education, it’s pretty clear that our idea of education is almost exclusively linked to children. When we imagine minds newly opened to levels of greater understanding, what we typically picture are children learning the foundational blocks of knowledge that build the complex world around …
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