The prevailing system for educating adult English-language learners is falling woefully short in helping students reach proficiency in the language, a new report asserts. With just around 40 percent ...

Central Georgia Technical College adult education students take a picture of a slide showing uses for the word “remember” in an English as a Second Language (ESL) course on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at ...

Four-year universities and community colleges can play a crucial role in educating adult English learners. Credit: Sy Bean for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

Adult English language learners represent the fastest growing segment of the adult education population in Connecticut. This population is generally from the lowest income families in the highest ...

Picking up a new language at any stage of life presents challenges, but for older adults learning English after moving to the United States, the endeavor can be especially consuming. Metro area ...

Recently, the Morris Graves Museum was kind enough to host a reading event for “Personas,” the first issue of a multilingual literary journal through the College of the Redwoods’ Adult Education ...

When Usamah Abdulkhaleq, 28, stood onstage wearing his graduation gown and a gold honor cord to receive his diploma at Winooski High School in June, his eyes were only on his mother. “For four years, ...

Brockton's Adult Learning Center has a waitlist of 1,256 people for its English language classes. The center is funded by the city and federal grants, not the regular school budget for K-12 education.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Michelle Haddad with the San Luis Obispo Library, shared information about free, one-on-one and small group instruction to adults wanting support with reading and writing ...

What happened to the market for teaching Chinese adults to speak English? Serving Chinese adults keen to learn English and English-based curriculum was a powerful market, long before delivering online ...