The center, operating out of the South Colonie Central School District, creates courses by teachers, for teachers.

Her classes are taught in school buildings, churches, community colleges, work centers and library spaces that are donated in-kind. About 43 percent of students who took adult education classes ...

Don McRee has to get his students to move their mouths and shape their tongues in just the right way. “With an instrument like a harmonica, you can't get in people's mouths,” McRee, 72, said. “It's ...