Many adults join the Adult Literacy Program to improve their reading and writing skills, working one on one with a volunteer tutor. Improved literacy helps these adults obtain jobs, further their own ...

There were 12 people in the classroom of the former Wingra Clinic in the afternoon on Oct. 26. They were separated into six student-tutor pairs. Some pairs read simple passages, pronounced and spelled ...

“I won’t let my setback stop me. I’m looking for a better position.” Additional services at the center include child daycare, adult daycare and digital literacy education for all ages with a second, ...

First Literacy has awarded over $40,000 in grant funds to nonprofits across Massachusetts providing adult basic education services, including criminal justice programs in Charlestown and Hampden ...

In a survey of 31 countries, adult literacy largely stagnated or declined in the last decade, falling notably in the United States, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found. And ...

First Literacy, a Boston-based nonprofit, announced that it has awarded grants to eight organizations across Massachusetts to advance adult basic education and English‑language learning. “Adult basic ...