Why Adult Education Matters

A look at adult literacy and numeracy in the United States

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According to a 2019 study by Tyton, in the U.S., roughly 1-in-6 (36 million) adults have low literacy skills and nearly 1-in-3 adults have low numeracy skills. Of the countries surveyed, this puts us significantly below average in both categories and near the bottom of the list in numeracy. There are real consequences…