Eleven states have been named as recipients of a grant to improve the quality of adult education and increase the number of skilled people with credentials in the work force. Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin will each receive $200,000 as part of a program called Accelerating Opportunity.
Led by the nonprofit organization Jobs for the Future and financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations, the program encourages the participating states to overhaul adult-basic-education and postsecondary programs to integrate skills like reading and math with occupational training. Only a small fraction of students enrolled in adult basic education end up earning a credential. This program is designed to help more students enter credit-bearing programs that can better prepare them for today’s job market.
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