Faced with high illiteracy rates, DC pushes adult learning
Faced with high illiteracy rates, DC pushes adult learning
The first adult school in the city opened in the 1970s, and the sector has been growing in recent years. The D.C. Public Charter School Board has opened four new schools since 2012 and the D.C. Public Schools this year spent $4 million to revamp its four adult schools.
Students at Community College Prep attend three-hour sessions on weekdays, choosing morning, afternoon or evening classes depending on their family and work schedules. The sessions alternate between live instruction and online courses and tests. With nine out of 10 jobs today going to college graduates, not having a high school credential is strongly associated with unemployment, poverty, poor health and eventually similar problems for one’s children.
Across the country, adults looking to earn high school credentials usually take classes at community colleges or community-based organizations to pass the General Education Development test, known as the GED.Besides GED preparation, the school also offers certification programs in IT and other fields, also for free.In the city, more than 72,000 residents 25 and older don’t have high school credentials, according to 2016 census data.Even though high school graduation rates have been rising in recent years, 10 percent of American adults aged 25 or over don’t have high school credentials, according to government data.
D.C. is pushes adult learning because having a educated population is paramount to the success for not only to Washington D.C. but to our nation in general.
The first adult school in the city opened in the 1970s, and the sector has been growing in recent years. The D.C. Public Charter School Board has opened four new schools since 2012 and the D.C. Public Schools this year spent $4 million to revamp its four adult schools.
Students at Community College Prep attend three-hour sessions on weekdays, choosing morning, afternoon or evening classes depending on their family and work schedules. The sessions alternate between live instruction and online courses and tests. With nine out of 10 jobs today going to college graduates, not having a high school credential is strongly associated with unemployment, poverty, poor health and eventually similar problems for one’s children.
Across the country, adults looking to earn high school credentials usually take classes at community colleges or community-based organizations to pass the General Education Development test, known as the GED.Besides GED preparation, the school also offers certification programs in IT and other fields, also for free.In the city, more than 72,000 residents 25 and older don’t have high school credentials, according to 2016 census data.Even though high school graduation rates have been rising in recent years, 10 percent of American adults aged 25 or over don’t have high school credentials, according to government data.
D.C. is pushes adult learning because having a educated population is paramount to the success for not only to Washington D.C. but to our nation in general.
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