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The demand for adult education is growing, with 39 million American adults lacking a high school diploma. Innovative GED experts at the GED Academy have identified four crucial elements to success for adult education GED students.

As the number of adult Americans without a high school diploma nears 40 million, adult education is becoming a critical issue in the United States. GED education programs are sponsored by communities, non-profit organizations, and school districts across the country. “Teaching undereducated adults is extremely challenging,” states Michael Ormsby, president of The GED Academy. “Most adults who didn’t graduate high school never learned good study habits, never felt motivated to learn, never did well in a traditional classroom environment.”

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by Leonard Williams

An innovative new GED preparation software program tackles one of the most difficult subjects to learn in a packaged program: writing. The approach focuses on real-world applications and true-to-life virtual students.

The GED Academy passGED Study Program recently introduced a new course on Writing Fundamentals, geared to help GED students master one of the big stumbling blocks on the GED test: the writing exam. The GED Academy is part of a new breed of educational software. Through their innovative passGED study program, The GED Academy brings a virtual classroom to life on students’ computer screens—a classroom peopled with fellow students who struggle with real-life problems.

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by Leonard Williams

As the demand for educated workers grows, employers find themselves in a dilemma. 39 million American adults never earned a high school diploma, limiting the pool of qualified workers. One innovative solution is a GED training program in the workplace, and employers find that assisting workers to earn a GED provides significant rewards.

The GED high school equivalency test is growing in importance in the workplace. Around 30 million American adults rank “Below Basic” in prose literacy, the lowest literacy ranking, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).

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An innovative new GED preparation software program tackles the most difficult subject for many adult learners: math. The approach focuses on real-world applications and true-to-life virtual students.

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