ESL teacher Jorge Saucedo leads a class about weather in his Fannin school classroom. Student Marina Baldez is a 30 year-old nurse from Mexico who can't be a nurse here until she masters English.
Why 36 million American adults can't read enough to work — and how to help them In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for ...
In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to land family-supporting jobs—they struggle to read a street sign, a pay stub, or a menu. Yet education programs for this group ...