The research articles included in Volume 5, Issue 1 of Adult Literacy Education: The International Journal of Literacy, Language, and Numeracy both examine how circumstances of the world around us impact adult literacy learning.  

The connection between mental illness and depression and decreased physical health is widely known and discussed on a regular basis. But have you considered how mental health impacts education? Do you factor in mental health when assessing adult literacy students’ progress or persistence?   

Have you heard the one about Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin collapsing on the field January 2 and suffering a cardiac arrest because of a COVID-19 vaccine?  Or what about the Vatican disinviting President Joe Biden from the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI? Using five simple factors, News Literacy Project’s Rumor Guard proved both claims to be false.