Alabama’s adult education is one of nation’s best – a 60 year legacy Published 5:45 pm Tuesday, September 30, 2025Over the past six decades, Alabama’s Adult Education Programs have been transformed by a quiet revolution that has been extraordinarily successful. It was my honor to be able to speak to the Annual Adult Education Conference at the downtown Montgomery Renaissance Center in late June. It quickly dawned on me that we have one of the most successful Adult Education Programs in America. Adult education is too often viewed narrowly, through the lens of GED attainment. While budgets and ballot boxes dominate headlines, investments in adult education quietly yield some of the greatest returns.