Adult education's contributions to society evolve as our needs change.

From: Leadership | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Public adult education in California is celebrating its 150-year anniversary. The memoirs of John Swett, California's fourth superintendent of public instruction, record that in 1856 he taught an evening class sponsored by the San Francisco Board of Education in the basement of St. Mary's Cathedral. From that first classroom, a multiple-provider system has grown that meets the challenges and serves the needs of more than 2 million adults every year.

Early years of adult education

The early evening classes, like those today, consisted largely of immigrants--in those days, ...

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