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09/18/2026

Adult Education Creates Brighter Futures!

Adult education creates brighter futures. 💚

This week, we are celebrating the impact of adult education and family literacy across the country.

The numbers are powerful, but the people behind them matter even more.

Adult education helps parents support their children, gives learners pathways to credentials and careers, builds digital skills, and strengthens communities.

And one number deserves attention:

Average federal funding per adult education student: $580.

That is why AEFL Week is more than a celebration. It is also a time to help others understand why adult education matters and why continued investment is so important.

📣 Share the data.
💚 Share the stories.
🏛️ Raise your voice.

Celebrate. Advocate. Make an impact.

09/17/2026

Another highlight for National Adult Education & Family Literacy Week!

09/16/2026

Celebrating Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL) Week with one of our success stories! Thank you Lauren for sharing your story.

09/15/2026

Celebrating the impact of adult education and family literacy across the country.

Adult education creates brighter futures. 💚

This week, we are celebrating the impact of adult education and family literacy across the country.

The numbers are powerful, but the people behind them matter even more.

Adult education helps parents support their children, gives learners pathways to credentials and careers, builds digital skills, and strengthens communities.

And one number deserves attention:

Average federal funding per adult education student: $580.

That is why AEFL Week is more than a celebration. It is also a time to help others understand why adult education matters and why continued investment is so important.

📣 Share the data.
💚 Share the stories.
🏛️ Raise your voice.

Celebrate. Advocate. Make an impact.

09/14/2026

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AEFL WEEK STARTS TODAY! 😎💚

Break out those yellow glasses and help us shine a light on literacy and adult education!

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s Yellow Glasses Project is a simple way to show your support for literacy, be recognized as an advocate, and help bring attention to the life changing power of education.

And this week, we’re bringing those yellow glasses with us to Washington, D.C. for NAFTAE’s Flood the Hill! 🇺🇸

There is another important reason we are especially proud to wear them.

💚 We could not advocate the way we do without the generous support of our sponsors.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Essential Education cation are helping make Flood the Hill possible. Their support helps advocates come together, prepare, raise their voices, and bring the adult education story directly to Capitol Hill.

That partnership matters.

Every meeting. Every conversation. Every advocate who shows up. Every voice that reaches a policymaker.

Our sponsors help make that work possible, and we are incredibly grateful.

😎 Want to join us from wherever you are? Put on your yellow glasses, snap a photo, share it during AEFL Week, and tell people why literacy and adult education matter to you.

When you see a sea of yellow glasses in D.C. this week, remember what they represent:

Literacy. Visibility. Advocacy. Action. 💚

Thank you, Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Essential Education, for standing with adult education and helping us turn voices into action.

09/11/2026

On this day of remembrance, we honor the heroes and lives lost on September 11. We will always remember.

09/10/2026

So much learning, growing and goal setting. National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week!

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is almost here! 🎉 Join COABE September 14–18 for a full week of learning, leadership, innovation, and impact.

📅 Monday at 11 a.m. ET: AEFL Week Kickoff featuring leaders from the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education

📅 Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET: Measuring and Communicating Adult Education ROI in partnership with the Educate and Elevate Foundation

📅 Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET: Adult Education Innovation Showcase featuring local programs from across the country

📅 Thursday at 2 p.m. ET: Employer Roundtable featuring OfficialNRCA, Next Step Alliance, Florida Ready to Work, CDCAppalachia, and turnerconstruction

📅 Friday at 2 p.m. ET: COABE Journal Talent Pipeline Edition Showcase with jobsforthefuture and the Educate and Elevate Foundation

☀️ Daily at 9 a.m. ET: Rise N’ Shine Podcast with Jeff Abramowitz

Join us as we celebrate the learners, educators, programs, employers, and partners demonstrating every day that adult education works!

View the complete schedule and register: https://www.coabe.org/aefl-week

09/08/2026

SO inspiring!

It is never too late to finish what you started!

At 88, Helen Woodyard decided to pursue a goal she had carried for years: earning her high school equivalency credential.

After completing nearly 1,000 hours of coursework through West Georgia Technical College, Helen finished the week she turned 91.

Her determination is an inspiration to adult learners everywhere and a reminder that education can transform lives at every age.

07/23/2026

What a great night we had celebrating our grads!

05/05/2026

Great group highlight!