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Young men and women who join the Army know that Army education means basic military skills, like how to shoot an M-16 rifle. Yet for some new Soldiers, they’ll also be getting reading, writing and arithmetic thrown in with the bargain. In an effort to widen the pool of eligible recruits the Army has begun [...]
Director Lee Daniels’ film Precious, Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, stars Gabourney “Gabbie” Sidibe as Claireece “Precious” Jones, a sixteen-year-old girl who cannot read or write, but has reached 9th grade with good grades. When Precious is threatened with being expelled after being impregnated for the second time by her father, she is [...]
There is no short-cut to better jobs and higher education. For the 39 million American adults without high school diplomas, it can be frustrating to find that opportunities are closed to them. Pam Graves had experienced this frustration first hand. As a new mother needing a higher-paying job, Graves applied for a position at a [...]
Around 30 million American adults rank “Below Basic” in prose literacy, the lowest literacy ranking, according to the U. S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) ( http://www. essentialed. org/NCES%20Report. pdf ). In quantitative literacy, that number is 46 million. These are startling figures, and it’s a difficult reality for employers. Today’s [...]
A GED or General Education Diploma is sometimes also called a General Education Development program. The basis for the GED is a series of tests to determine if a minimum level of proficiency has been reached. These are not difficult tests but do require a wide breadth of understanding on a variety of subjects. Today, [...]
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GED Program at Miami Dade College’s School of Community Education
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The mission of the Adult Education program at Miami Dade College is to provide the English language skills, adult basic education, and GED preparation that adults need to further their education at the post-secondary level, obtain employment, play positive roles in the education of their children, and become involved community members. The program is student [...]
