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Adult Education and Literacy
High School, Postsecondary, and Career Education
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Adult Education and Literacy
ProLiteracy Worldwide Merger Announced
The world's two largest adult volunteer literacy organizations, Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA), announced the completion of their merger on October 1. The new organization, ProLiteracy Worldwide, will sponsor educational services that help adults and families acquire literacy skills needed to function effectively and improve their societies. ProLiteracy Worldwide says the merger is expected to give a single voice to volunteer and community-based literacy providers nationally.
Star Witnesses Testify on Literacy Partnerships That Work
Actors and Business leaders testified at the House Subcommittee on Education Reform's hearing on Literacy Partnership's that Work on October 8. Witnesses included James Earl Jones, the President and CEO of Verizon, the President of Pizza Hut, and the Executive Vice President of the MBNA Foundation, who discussed philanthropic efforts for literacy. Jones, an actor famous for his role in Star Wars among other credits, and Verizon's National Literacy Spokesman, eased stuttering by expanding his vocabulary through reading. He shared the story of his great-great-grandfather and his fear neighbors might learn that his wife had taught him to read.
KY Partnership Funds Workplace Literacy
Kentucky's Workforce Alliance approved grants of over $1,000,000 to train 10,000 workers in the Workplace Essential Skills. The Alliance is a partnership of the state's Workforce Development Cabinet, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and the Council on Postsecondary Education. Grants from the Economic Development Cabinet leverage funds by requiring employers to match on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Last year, the Workforce Alliance approved grants for $850,000 and trained over 7,000 workers.
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High School, Postsecondary, and Career Education
NAVE Interim Report Released
The U.S. Department of Education released the interim report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE) last week. The 1998 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act requires the Secretary of Education to appoint an independent panel to evaluate and assess programs under the law. The final NAVE report will be released in 2003.
High Level Courses Equal Higher Achievement
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) released results from Middle Grades to High School: Mending a Weak Link, a follow-up study of middle and high schools in July. The study found that students in higher level courses fail less often than students of similar characteristics and test scores in lower level courses. The SREB suggests that to raise the achievement of high school students, students must first be challenged to perform at high levels, be prepared to meet challenges before entering the ninth grade, and be given the extra help and time needed to succeed.
In the news: Students to fix public schools
As part of a series on the people affected by the No Child Left Behind law, Washington Post education writer Jay Mathews wrote on October 8 about young Americans involved in a national movement to fix public schools. Some of these "educational entrepreneurs," as Mathews calls them, are involved with charter schools, and some have joined think tanks and foundations that promote educational experiments. Some are in technology firms, Web site businesses, teacher associations, and universities. Mathews writes that while test scores and other measurements do not yet show whether the ventures are having a widespread impact, many experienced educators say the influx of more high-caliber young adults can only be a plus.
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Preparing America's Future, OVAE Goals
- To prepare every American youth to complete high school and be well prepared for a future of postsecondary education and employment.
- To support community and technical colleges to fulfill their potential as an engine of education, career preparation, workforce development and economic development.
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Last Modified: 10/02/2006
