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Download full textUS House of Representatives, 2009
This paper presents the Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee's fourth hearing in preparation for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act. As with its previous hearings, this paper focuses on new innovations and best practices that will improve the workforce development system. In this paper, attention…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Legislators, Lifelong Learning, Innovation
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Direct linkDann-Messier, Brenda – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
Effective advocacy can help raise awareness about the issues of literacy and adult basic education, and can also have very tangible benefits. Over the past eight years, Dorcas Place Adult and Family Literacy Center (Providence, RI) has increased the number of students served from 100 to 1,100, increased the budget from $1.1 million to almost $3…
Descriptors: Elections, Civics, Adult Basic Education, Child Advocacy
Levin-Epstein, Jodie, Ed.; Greenberg, Mark H., Ed. – 2003
This report discusses six programs being considered by the 108th Congress for reauthorization, focusing on policies designed to assist disconnected and at-risk youth. The review seeks to identify how the programs do or do not consider at-risk or disconnected youth ad how such programs might be improved. After an introduction by Alan Houseman, six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Literacy, Federal Legislation
Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – 2002
This review contains current information on research, policy, and practice in adult literacy and learning for individuals and organizations focused on adult basic education (ABE), adult English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), and adult secondary education (ASE) programs. "The Year 2000 In Review" (Lennox L. McLendon) describes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
