Many adults join the Adult Literacy Program to improve their reading and writing skills, working one on one with a volunteer tutor. Improved literacy helps these adults obtain jobs, further their own ...

A surprisingly high percentage of job seekers in the United States feel woefully ill-prepared in even the most basic skills, including computer skills, according to a recent online survey conducted by ...

You've heard the expression “practice makes perfect” a million times, and you've probably read Malcolm Gladwell's popular “10,000 hours” theory. But how does practice actually affect the brain? What's ...

Computers play a huge role in our everyday lives, and now more than ever, it's important that educators provide computer basics for kids, what computers can do and how technology can be helpful. From ...

Computers have been around for decades, but longevity hasn't resulted in everyone acquiring the basic set of computer knowledge. A Reddit thread discussing a lack of basic computer skills that ...

When practicing and learning a new skill, making slight changes during repeat practice sessions may help people master the skill faster than practicing the task in precisely the same way, researchers ...

President Obama wants computer science taught as often as reading, writing and arithmetic in American schools. “In the new economy, computer science isn’t an optional skill — it’s a basic skill, right ...