Thirty-six million Americans can’t read.
Low-literacy skills are directly linked to higher unemployment, less earned income and poor health. The result is a lack of social mobility and greater inequality for millions of families.
On June 8, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy convened entrepreneurs, investors, technology leaders, futurists, visionaries, policy makers, and NGO’s to envision transformational ideas for the next 25 years of literacy.
Here are eight important ideas captured under the event’s #AdultEdu hashtag about the bold ideas and innovative thinking that can help alleviate our nation’s literacy crisis:
@LIZAmcfadden addresses #adultedu symposium. “We believe that education is a civil right, no matter one’s age.” pic.twitter.com/ZmrpGqWQHH
— Barbara Bush Fdn (@BarbaraBushFdn) June 8, 2016
Allen says we’re constrained by too many rules that prevent us from disrupting #adultedu. Adult charters can help. pic.twitter.com/WAyswNgZfm
— liza mcfadden (@LIZAmcfadden) June 8, 2016
. @BriyaPCS & #AdultEdu w/ their students – @JeanneAllen says why aren’t there more #charterschools & others like it?! @BarbaraBushFdn
— Tracy Young (@TracyYoungTX) June 8, 2016
Need access to digital learning opportunities, digital literacy, use of tech for personal empowerment. #AdultEdu pic.twitter.com/Vfv9zkvnro
— liza mcfadden (@LIZAmcfadden) June 8, 2016
This generation will embark on 15 different careers in their lifetime. Requires a new way of learning. #adultedu pic.twitter.com/8hZYxCfAIK
— liza mcfadden (@LIZAmcfadden) June 8, 2016
Uvin says we need new service delivery infrastructure to serve more people. Supplement face to face model w/ distributed tech. #adultedu
— liza mcfadden (@LIZAmcfadden) June 8, 2016
“Technology now creates open access and ushers in new thinking and thinkers that can transform the world” – @rustygreiff of @1776 #AdultEdu
— liza mcfadden (@LIZAmcfadden) June 8, 2016
Backstage at #AdultEdu symposium. @kcator of @DigitalPromise on how tech and adult literacy go hand in hand. pic.twitter.com/MSXSOvgug9
— liza mcfadden (@LIZAmcfadden) June 8, 2016