One out of every five American adults lacks the literacy skills to complete tasks that require comparing and contrasting information, paraphrasing or making low-level inferences, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Things are.
An initiative launched in September to provide $32.7 million to K-12 schools in Colorado has received a new influx of funds, with some designated for the Pueblo Community College thanks to an innovative plan for students to earn targeted college credits prior to graduating high school.
Pueblo Community College has been given about $2 million during this second round of grants to develop a San Louis Valley network, with hopes of expanding statewide, to provide rural students the same educational opportunities a city-based student would have.
The goal is to allow a class taught with a virtual component at any institution in the state to then also be offered through the virtual component to any student in the state, but will specifically help rural students, especially in Hispanic communities.