adult education programs
Learning for grownups
Adult education programs are organized courses of instruction for people beyond traditional school age.
These programs serve various purposes: completing high school equivalency (GED), learning English as a second language, acquiring job skills, or pursuing personal enrichment.
She enrolled in an adult education program to finish her degree.
Community colleges, libraries, and workforce centers commonly offer them.
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- job trainingTeaching skills for employment
- literacy programsInitiatives teaching reading skills
- language learningGaining fluency in another tongue
- literacy campaignsOrganized pushes for reading skills
lifelong learning · career counseling · retraining · second career · professional certification · GED preparation · high school diploma · ESL · workforce development · job readiness · skill building · second chance · trade schools · technical skills · skills gap · online learning platforms · distance learning · open enrollment
adult education programschildhood education
Instruction for young learners
elementary school · primary education · secondary education · early childhood education · kindergarten
adult education programstraditional schooling
In-person classroom instruction
adult education programsself-directed learning
Education you control yourself
autodidacticism · independent reading · on-the-job training · life experience