Literacy is a basic human right, it is something that empowers a person and it liberates a person. That power, of being able to learn and grow and connect, I just don't think there's anything like it.

Nearly one in five Fort Bend County adults struggle with basic reading proficiency, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics. It’s also estimated that about 13% of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A friend of mine, a young mother, vented her frustration on Facebook. “In today’s day and age it’s not hard to spend a bit of time ...

Since 1986, Literacy Outreach has worked on helping adults in need of basic English literacy instruction and other skills. “We train volunteers to help those in need,” said Martha Fredenall, the ...

Dear reader, today is World Literacy Day. You know what that means don’t you? It is the day people examine themselves and seek a genuine answer to the question: how would I like to be that man or ...

Caitlin Baron is the CEO of the Luminos Fund. Photo credit in this piece goes to Mekbib Tadesse for the Luminos Fund. Like many children in Ethiopia, Esayas hardly set foot in a classroom during the ...

Everywhere in our economy, there are shortages – in skills, workers and opportunities. Employers say they can’t find the workers they need. And yet, tens of millions of workers are stuck in low-wage, ...

A handful of students, teachers, advocacy groups and parents sued the State of California two years ago, alleging the state deprived students from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to learn ...

A friend of mine, a young mother, vented her frustration on Facebook. “In today’s day and age it’s not hard to spend a bit of time looking at the sources,” she wrote. That sounds plausible — until you ...