Hear insights and innovations from a new report about public libraries at the forefront of adult learning in the United States.

One in four young adults across the U.S. is functionally illiterate – yet more than half earned high school diplomas, ...

Learning a new skill as an adult can be daunting, especially something as difficult as gymnastics. One adult gymnastics class shows there are serious benefits to adult learning. Some things are easier ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who don't show a hand preference are more likely than their righty or lefty peers to perform poorly in school, a new study in the journal Pediatrics shows. And ...

Students who attend The Learning Source’s Pueblo location share some common goals — they want to learn English or get their high school education. Yet they have varied ideas about what they want to do ...

Children who struggle with attention and behavior problems tend to end up earning less money, finish fewer years of school and have poorer mental and physical health as adults, compared with children ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Welcome to the New Era of Learning for Seasoned Professionals Imagine a learning environment meticulously crafted for the experienced professional. This is the essence of what we strive for here at ...

Certificates of proficiency in Hebrew, awarded on the basis of the Hebrew University’s worldwide examinations, were presented to a group of young men and women who passed the 1956 tests, at a ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

PITTSFIELD — Evonne Barnett still remembers the first essay she wrote at the William Stickney Pittsfield Adult Learning Center. She burned the midnight oil, turning in the assignment around 10:30 p.m.