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Direct linkPrins, Esther; Schafft, Kai A. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Educational researchers have long sought to understand the factors that enable or constrain persistence in non-formal family literacy and adult education programs. Scholars typically posit three sets of factors influencing persistence: situational (learners' life circumstances), institutional (programmatic factors), and…
Descriptors: Poverty, Persistence, Economically Disadvantaged, Adult Education
Download full textSchafft, Kai; Prins, Esther; Movit, Marcela – Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, 2008
This study examined how poverty and residential mobility influence low-income adults' persistence in family literacy programs in Pennsylvania. Twelve out of 20 program directors reported that learners typically moved at least once a year. In five of these high-mobility programs moving was reported to significantly hinder persistence. Geographic…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income, Adults, Family Literacy
