April has been all about the funding crisis in the public education system. There are deep consequences for adult literacy in two direct ways. One is the impact of cuts on the delivery of adult education in school districts, and the other is the perpetuation of low literacy among young adults, who will soon be older adults, trying to enter a highly competitive work environment.
This article by Crawford Killian in the online paper The Tyee cuts through the spin that “funding to public education has increased” and includes links to hard data about the declining rate of government spending on
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