Speaking Up for Adult Education
For millions of people, adult education classes represent the best hope of improving their lives, offering a second chance at building basic knowledge and more.
Earlier this week, so many people showed up to oppose plans to eliminate an adult education program in the Los Angeles Unified School District that hundreds were turned away from the Board of Education's meeting.
Earlier this week, so many people showed up to oppose plans to eliminate an adult education program in the Los Angeles Unified School District that hundreds were turned away from the Board of Education's meeting.
As the LA Weekly reported, the program was granted a temporary reprieve after testimony from a wide range of individuals who said adult education classes were essential to their becoming successful members of the community. The list included an Iraq War veteran, a woman working as a civil engineer who is headed to a doctoral program at UCLA, and a Nigerian immigrant who now works as an adjunct professor in the state
