In both Minneapolis and St. Paul, the public school system offers basic education programs (ABE) for adults. These include ESL, GED, reading and math, college prep, career training, computer and ...

In Washington, high school equivalency can be earned using the General Educational Development tests, a set of four tests in mathematics, language arts, social studies and science. Passing those tests ...

Chelsey Tulgren’s students range from 19 to 60-something years old, and their backgrounds are as varied as their ages. For some immigrant students, “English may be their third or fourth language,” she ...

The General Educational Development program, or GED, is undergoing the biggest revamping in its 69-year history, driven by mounting recognition that young adults’ future success depends on getting ...

“I absolutely want to teach, and I want to teach adults,” said the 34-year-old Waterloo woman. Johnson’s still a student. She began taking classes at Hawkeye Community College six years ago, with ...