April 7 — 8, 2006
Sloan Convention Center
Bowling Green, KY

Family Literacy



Useful links:

Get Ready to Read!

National Family Literacy Month-November 2002

National Center for Family Literacy

Kentucky Department of Education

National Education Association

Kentucky Education Television

Kentucky Adult Education & Literacy

State of Kentucky Literacy Statistics 
  • 340,000 Kentucky adults lack the minimal literacy skills needed to function in the workplace.
  • 656,000 Kentucky adults have low levels of literacy skills that will impede their personal advancement.

In Warren County:

  • 20,365 adults of working age are at literacy levels 1—2 (minimal to no reading skills)
  • 6,936 adults have less than 9th grade education
  • 6,479 adults with less than 9—12th grade education

Source: Kentucky Adult Literacy Survey conducted by the Kentucky Department of Adult Education

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