Fighting to Finish: Personal Storytelling in a Public Library Adult Literacy Program

The pressure to drop out of adult literacy programs can be extreme for many learners, especially minority learners, trying to cope with personal, family, financial, and health problems. When learners drop out, their volunteer tutors--upon whom many programs depend--may suffer a drop in morale, or worse, may resign. These problems can be a major challenge for many programs.

Fighting to Finish presents an innovative, effective, theory based, but tutor friendly method devised to encourage lea...