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Prins, Esther; Gungor, Ramazan – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2011
This article examines the consequences of two concurrent policy changes for family literacy programs in Pennsylvania: (1) the transition from federal (Even Start) to state funding and (2) the elimination of adult education as a work activity for welfare recipients over 22 years of age. Using qualitative data from 10 family literacy programs, the…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Welfare Recipients, Public Policy, Family Programs
Osterling, Jorge P. – 1998
This paper focuses on the experiences of Salvadoran refugees who fled their country in the 1980s and came to the United States seeking political asylum during the Salvadoran civil war. The increased number of Salvadoran students in the school districts of Northern Virginia (the Greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), where more than 200,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Adult Education, Case Studies