We provide funding, comprehensive training, professional learning, accessible research, and New Readers Press digital and print resources to unleash the power of literacy to transform lives.
Leading the advancement of adult literacy in the US and throughout the world.
59 million
US adults
with low literacy skills could read, write, or do math if given the chance to learn.
For over 60 years, ProLiteracy has been working to make strong adult literacy programs stronger.
We are the world’s leader in adult education practice, innovating and building the capacity of all literacy programs everywhere—from the smallest community-based organizations to large adult education programs and institutions.
Adult Literacy Is Changing Lives
US Adults Need Stronger Skills to Thrive in a Changing World
The new PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills data indicates 60 million US adults read at the lowest levels, while 72 million are at the lowest levels for numeracy.
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In Remembrance of Ruth J. Colvin, 1916–2024
Ruth Johnson Colvin, a visionary and adult literacy pioneer, passed away August 18, 2024, at 107.
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Future of Work: Building a Stronger Workforce Through Literacy
Low literacy levels make it far more difficult for an individual to get a job, maintain a job, or make family-sustaining wages.
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From the Desk of the CEO: Changing the Systems that Perpetuate Poverty and Low Literacy
Adults don’t stay low literate because they didn’t want to learn how to read—their economic status set them up to fail from the time they were young.
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