MISSION STATEMENT

The Literacy Council exists to provide literacy instruction to individuals and families to strengthen communities.

We do this:

regardless of means or ability to pay
to improve quality of life for individuals
to advocate for literacy awareness and services

The Literacy Council, founded in 1985, is a not for profit organization that empowers people to achieve.

LITERACY FACTS

15% of our service area population over 16 has a primary language other than English (SIU 2019 Index of Need Tables)
Within our service area, there are 34,983 adults (10% of the population) out of school without a high school diploma or equivalent.
The greatest single indicator of a child's future success is the literacy level of his or her parents (Proliteracy 2019).
By 2018, 63% of all U.S. jobs will require education beyond high school.
In a recent survey, 92% of business leaders thought that U.S. workers were not as skilled as they needed to be. Adult Education builds the skills of workers.
For more information on Adult literacy, visit ProLiteracy

Find a Class

Get a Tutor

MISSION STATEMENT

The Literacy Council exists to provide literacy instruction to individuals and families to strengthen communities.

We do this:

regardless of means or ability to pay

to improve quality of life for individuals

to advocate for literacy awareness and services

The Literacy Council, founded in 1985, is a not for profit organization that empowers people to achieve.

LITERACY FACTS

15% of our service area population over 16 has a primary language other than English (SIU 2019 Index of Need Tables)

Within our service area, there are 34,983 adults (10% of the population) out of school without a high school diploma or equivalent.

The greatest single indicator of a child's future success is the literacy level of his or her parents (Proliteracy 2019).

By 2018, 63% of all U.S. jobs will require education beyond high school.

In a recent survey, 92% of business leaders thought that U.S. workers were not as skilled as they needed to be. Adult Education builds the skills of workers.

For more information on Adult literacy, visit ProLiteracy

Find a Class

Get a Tutor

MISSION STATEMENT

The Literacy Council exists to provide literacy instruction to individuals and families to strengthen communities.

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We do this:

regardless of means or ability to pay

to improve quality of life for individuals

to advocate for literacy awareness and services

The Literacy Council, founded in 1985, is a not for profit organization that empowers people to achieve.

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LITERACY FACTS

15% of our service area population over 16 has a primary language other than English (SIU 2019 Index of Need Tables)

Within our service area, there are 34,983 adults (10% of the population) out of school without a high school diploma or equivalent.

The greatest single indicator of a child's future success is the literacy level of his or her parents (Proliteracy 2019).

By 2018, 63% of all U.S. jobs will require education beyond high school.

In a recent survey, 92% of business leaders thought that U.S. workers were not as skilled as they needed to be. Adult Education builds the skills of workers.

For more information on Adult literacy, visit ProLiteracy

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