Equity Innovations for Low-Skill Adults

36 million Americans have low skills in reading, math, and problem solving in technology rich environments. The costs of these low skills to our nation's productivity and to our nation's political and social fabric are immense. People need to upskill, but the education and workforce development training options available to low-skill adults are often separate from and unequal to options for other adults. Learn from innovators from across the country who are changing that paradigm.

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Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

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Lecester Johnson

Academy of Hope

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Ilse Pollet

The Alliance for Language Learners' Integration, Education, and Success (ALLIES)

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Carrie Tupa

Texas Workforce Commission