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Bonney, Sharon; Suitt, Regina – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2023
The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) provides leadership, professional development, advocacy, and communication for the field of adult education. In our leadership role, we often have the opportunity to recognize exemplary work taking place at the state and local levels. Such was the case with a grassroots training that was developed to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Student Leadership, Advocacy
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2021
Career and technical education (CTE) programs are increasingly engaging a broad range of stakeholders, including parents and community organizations, to improve CTE programs, better serve students and help communities in need. This resource will focus on ways that CTE educators can communicate with, collaborate with and support current and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Family School Relationship, School Community Relationship, Vocational Education Teachers
Pingel, Sarah; Holly, Neal – Education Commission of the States, 2017
This Policy Analysis provides legislative examples and an overview of financial aid policies, requirements and programs, with a focus on adult students.
Descriptors: State Policy, State Legislation, Financial Support, Student Financial Aid
Quintana, Erica, Ed. – Morrison Institute for Public Policy, 2019
In the past few years, people have come to realize that family and child well-being are public health issues. Helping families and children be happy, healthy and resilient helps the larger community. This report will discuss various aspects of family life including the systems that exist to support them, ways families can have more positive…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Child Rearing, Child Development, Community Role
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Powers, Jeanne M.; Williams, Tiffany R. – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2012
In April 2010, Arizona made national headlines when Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070, the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" which was aimed at deterring illegal immigration to Arizona. SB 1070 is the most prominent of a series of laws and other state policies targeting immigrants in Arizona that date back to the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Laws, Law Enforcement, Neighborhoods
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Wittnebel, Leo – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2012
The nature of the changing economic climate has resulted in drastic changes in the postsecondary education landscape. With record numbers of adult learners seeking to further their education, they are faced with numerous outlets, including traditional liberal universities and a variety of for-profit colleges and vocational schools that have…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Private Education, Adult Education, Higher Education
Alamprese, Judith A.; Gwaltney, Margaret K. – Abt Associates, 2010
The Adult Education Coordination and Planning (AECAP) guide is designed to assist state adult education staff in forming partnerships at the state level and facilitating coordination at the local level as a lever for expanding and improving the quality of adult basic education (ABE) and workforce development services. Coordination plays a critical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Partnerships in Education, Adult Education, Labor Force Development
Kenski, Margaret C. – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2005
This report contains the results of a telephone survey of 602 likely Arizona voters on various measures to enhance school choice in Arizona. This research was conducted by Arizona Opinion of Tucson for The Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation of Indianapolis. All fieldwork was conducted on March 23-26, and 28-29, 2005 by DataCall Inc. of…
Descriptors: School Choice, Telephone Surveys, Voting, Political Attitudes