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And the Literacy Leadership Award Goes to… Minnesota ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) @ Hamline University

When it comes to adult literacy education, professional development is not just a nice thing to offer teachers, it’s essential. In order to provide high quality instruction in literacy, numeracy, and high school equivalency, and prepare adults for success in college and careers, we must provide in-service training. Many adult educators do not have a … Continue reading And the Literacy Leadership Award Goes to… Minnesota ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) @ Hamline University

Raise Your Civic Voice with The Change Agent

In yesterday’s blog post, Upping Our Civic Game, Andy Nash offered suggestions to help adult students engage in civic life. One tool that can help you do this is The Change Agent. Every issue of The Change Agent gives students a view of other adult learners’ efforts to make change in their own lives or … Continue reading Raise Your Civic Voice with The Change Agent

Upping Our Civic Game

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, along with providing an opportunity to draw attention to the importance of adult education, reminds us of the need for widespread civic engagement. Despite WIOA’s almost singular focus on workforce development, many practitioners are thinking about the role of civics in adult education. Threats to the education budget, along with … Continue reading Upping Our Civic Game

Apps for Knowing Your Rights & Notifying in Emergencies

In educating immigrants on their rights or on how to raise up their civic voices, organizations are increasingly deploying social media, creating websites and apps, and using texting to provide essential just in time information and anytime, anywhere learning. In recent months, two new apps have been developed to assist individuals to know and assert … Continue reading Apps for Knowing Your Rights & Notifying in Emergencies

Adult Education Needs Multi-Issue Advocacy

The Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) is thrilled to join with World Education and the National Coalition for Literacy in celebrating Adult Education and Family Learning Week 2017. Given recent events, the theme for this year’s commemoration could scarcely offer a more timely reminder of some of our most basic democratic responsibilities: to speak … Continue reading Adult Education Needs Multi-Issue Advocacy

Raising Our Civic Voices

In celebration of the national Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2017, World Education is launching this blog series on Raising Our Civic Voices. We join the National Coalition for Literacy and the Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) to raise our voices this week — and every week — for the millions of adults … Continue reading Raising Our Civic Voices

Education and Training Strategies that Serve All Workers

The federal Workforce Investment and Innovation Act (WIOA) has changed the landscape of adult education, focusing the field on workforce development outcomes and programming that supports the integration of education and training (IET) and career pathways. Programs are intensifying their focus on job preparation because adults need work-related math, communication, and technology skills for middle-skill … Continue reading Education and Training Strategies that Serve All Workers

Learning Circles Address Wait Lists for English Classes

According to the Adult Student Waiting List Survey conducted in 2010 by the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education, seventy-two percent of programs had waiting lists across all 50 states. This equals about 160,000 potential learners who were not able to receive access to educational services. World Education, in partnership with Peer2Peer University … Continue reading Learning Circles Address Wait Lists for English Classes

Addressing Growing Economic Inequality at NCTN 2016

Let’s continue the conversation about adult education and economic inequality at the National College conference policy panel on November 16 in Providence. Join us! Wednesday, November 16 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Grand Ballroom Education and training that lead to living-wage jobs is a broadly endorsed strategy for advancing economic opportunity for low-income people. As … Continue reading Addressing Growing Economic Inequality at NCTN 2016

Making a Living in Adult Education? Working Conditions in the Field

By Kathleen O’Connell and Sally Waldron In recognition of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, we now turn our attention to the working conditions of adult education teachers and the economic challenge of staying in the field. We could just as easily look at the working conditions of advisors or counselors, many of whom face … Continue reading Making a Living in Adult Education? Working Conditions in the Field