Adult Education and Family Literacy Reform Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 797, Authorizing Funds for Fiscal Years 1996 Through 2005 to Improve and Reform Literacy Services for Adults and Families, May 19, 1995, Volume 4

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Page 10 - By the year 2000, every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship...
Page 3 - The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
Page 32 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it Begin it now William H.
Page 2 - The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 am, in room SD430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Edward M.
Page 13 - I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Page 10 - ... responsibilities of citizenship. Other Goals are that all children in America will start school ready to learn and that the Nation will achieve a 90 percent graduation rate. If we are going to address the literacy crisis in America and achieve these goals...
Page 6 - ASSISTANT SECRETARY' FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WASHINGTON, DC.
Page 17 - For the most part, those served in adult education are young adults. 58% are between the ages of 16-31. Many of these are young people who dropped out of school and are trying to get back on the road to self sufficiency and opportunity. In 1993, 380,000 students dropped out of school and 3.4 million persons between the age of 16 and 24 were not in school and did not have a high school diploma. A subgroup of this population is clearly the young mother on AFDC who will be asked to find a job in the...
Page 69 - Thank you very much. The hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 11:47 am, the...
Page 11 - From research we know that reading out loud to children is the single most important thing adults can do to ensure their later success in reading. When parents and children participate together in literacy programs, the parents improve their parenting skills and become more involved in their children.s education.

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