Disseminates research and best practices in the adult basic education field to practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. Includes teaching materials and teacher training materials, as well as scholarship information for doctoral programs.

The Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) is a California state site with technical assistance, communication linkages, and electronic resources for the adult education and literacy practitioner.

"NALD is Canada's adult literacy information network. NALD is the one-stop centre for information on adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities in Canada. NALD also provides links with other services and databases across North America and overseas." Bilingual: English & French

A Joint effort of Roxbury Community College and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Provides definitions, FAQs, and links to other literacy information.

A national effort dedicated to finding solutions for using technology to enhance adult literacy.

The East Side Adult Education Program will provide a learning environment which fosters student success, encourages life-long education, and meets changing community needs.

Unified effort to provide information about adult literacy programs, events, and resources throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

One of 12 state resource centers that make up the Midwest Adult Literacy Information System. (With support from the National Institute for Literacy).

St. James ESL Program is a non-sectarian, non-profit, volunteer and community-based organization that provides English and other instruction to adult refugees and low-income immigrants in Seattle, Washington

Literacy Online is cosponsored by the International Literacy Institute and the National Center on Adult Literacy, and hosted at the University of Pennsylvania. Literacy Online is dedicated to providing useful information concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide.

Offering free adult basic education tutoring, provides adults instruction in reading, writing, GED/ high school equivalency test preparation and English as a second language.

Evolving electronic peer-reviewed journal intended for adult literacy practitioners in adult basic education, family literacy and workplace literacy. Provides practical, but research-based short articles on new ideas in the field as well as position papers, lesson plans, reviews, and an interactive forum for adult literacy providers.

A national non-profit literacy organization, in partnership with business, labour, educators and government. The focus is on public awareness programs and helping the private sector to establish workplace basic education programs.

The Swearer Center for Public Service, Literacy Resources, Rhode Island Campus.

A nonprofit organization, working to eradicate illiteracy in this community.

Rhode Island affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of America, a national nonprofit organization.

Attleboro, Massachusetts training and support services.

Offers a way for teens and adults to learn to read by themselves in the privacy of their own home at their own pace and schedule, namely a series of three videos entitled, "I Want To Read," containing 115 learning segments and totaling five and one half hours running time.

Resource for adult basic education instructors. Search a lesson database by topic or program type and discover lessons that have been used successfully by instructors with their students.

CARCAE, established in 1978 as the umbrella agency for Adult Education in the Dutch, English, French and Papiamento-speaking Caribbean. National Adult Education Associations and individual members working in a wide variety of social spheres.

"An overview of literacy issues in an international context. Useful for teachers, policy makers, researchers."

For adult students and their teachers, LiteracyLink offers online GED modules, and information about the PBS Workplace Essential Skills series.

Extensive list of information selected by an adult education specialist; free email newsletters.

Resource for practitioners in the field of adult literacy, basic skills and English as a Second Language.

Provides free tutoring services to Jefferson County, Washington, USA residents with low literacy skills.

Provides statistics and figures on adult literacy rates, and current as well as projected trends in literacy education.

Ireland's national adult literacy site with links to resources, local contacts, literacy tools, press releases, and notices for conferences, publications and related concerns.

Refers students and volunteers to literacy, GED, and English programs in their neighborhood. Provides detailed information about types of services, class times, program fees, and directions.

Richardson Texas Adult Literacy Center uses the Laubach method of teaching English as a second language. Includes tips for tutors.

Providing literacy and life-skills training to low-income women in Bridgeport, CT, through one-on-one Tutoring and full-time, classroom-based Intensive Study

Promotes literacy and literature for all women and maintains a resource list of women-centered adult basic English literacy materials.

Contact information for the primary volunteer-based literacy provider in the Miami Valley (Dayton, Ohio region).

Nonprofit international literacy organization based in Syracuse, New York, formed from the merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America. Site provides reports on the state of literacy, information about projects and programs, and links to events, training, and resources.