Why Kids Should Be Part of Adult Education

It’s a problem that a group of students at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy set out to alleviate by offering free adult education and career development services at a library in one of the poorest wards. But to do that, they first had to address a different issue.

"A lot of people might have kids they can’t leave to go to programs like this," says Catherine Lyons, one of the four students who crafted the proposal.

To accomodate those parents, Lyons and her classmates proposed pairing adult literacy and career services with child tutoring. The idea, called "Leveraging Libraries," won $1,000 and was a finalist at the annual Public Policy Challenge hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government and Governing.

by Natalie Delgadillo

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