States shake up adult education to help low-skilled workers President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to “train 2 million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job” barely scratches the surface of one of the nation’s most vexing labor Read more…
Author: Florida Literacy Coalition
Have you registered for the 2012 Florida Literacy Conference? If not, now is the time! Until March 9th, you can register for the reduced rate of $235! However, FLC members get an even great discount paying just $210 for the Read more…
Too many of us keep treating money like it’s not real. Take “Monopoly,” the famous game of real estate buy and sell. It’s almost certainly the first thing we think of when the phrase “funny money” is mentioned. We even Read more…
Financial Literacy Class Offers Skills Not Taught in School The program also helps participants, many of whom left school before graduation, with job-readiness training and educational services like preparation for the high school equivalency diploma test. As an incentive to Read more…
In partnership with United Way, Goodwill Industries of Central Florida is proud to announce the Money $ense Program. The program consists of a series of four FREE Financial Literacy classes to be offered once each week for four consecutive weeks. Read more…
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