Adult literacy is slipping: 28% of U.S. adults scored at the lowest level in 2023. The newest data, the link to poverty, and practical steps for schools.
- Austin Dickson: AuthorExecutive Director, Literacy ActionView all posts
Austin Dickson is the Executive Director of Literacy Action in Atlanta, the largest adult literacy nonprofit in the Southeast. Serving more than 1,200 students per year, Literacy Action is a grassroots driver of economic development and provides various levels of educational services to advance adults towards employment, citizenship, better wages, and post-secondary education. Austin has also taught philosophy at Clayton State University since 2008.
