How to Make the Workforce Investment Act Work for Women
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Women's education, Sex discrimination

A leader in the field of health literacy, UC Berkeley's Health Research for Action (HRA) announces that its services are now available to health care providers and government agencies facing the arduous task of explaining the health care reform law and its consequences to diverse populations.
Subject Terms: Initiatives and legislation, Literacy health relationships, Plain English

Martha J. Kanter, U.S. under secretary of education, told appropriators at a hearing on Thursday that Congress has a real opportunity to strengthen adult education by finally reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act this year.
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, House of Representatives (U.S.), Federal aid

The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and the Reading Rights Coalition agreed to work together to ensure access to books for people with print disabilities.
Subject Terms: Reading disabilities, Accommodations (For disabilities), Educational rights

Senators kicked off debate on Wednesday over renewing the Workforce Investment Act, a federal law that authorizes billions of dollars for education and job-training programs, including at community colleges.
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Labor market, Job requirements

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has released a policy report that examines the challenges and potential solutions to overcoming the barriers facing low-skilled adult learners who are striving to improve their English proficiency, develop their basic skills and advance in the workplace.
Subject Terms: Public policy, Access to education, Research

ProLiteracy, the world's largest organization of adult literacy programs, today announced the appointment of Jeff Carter, J.D., as the organization's first director of policy and government affairs.
Subject Terms: Administrators, Government, Policy and legislation, International organizations

Dalton State College lost about 55 percent of its English-as-a-second-language learners after a law went into effect that required proof of legal immigration status.
Subject Terms: Immigrants, Enrollment and attendance, State government, English as a second language (ESL), Georgia

One of the most exciting times of Claudete Alcântara’s week was when she went to school to learn English.
Subject Terms: State federal aid, English as a second language (ESL), Immigrant literacy, Massachusetts

I'm happy to pass on the following information (below) about an upcoming - January 11-15, 2010 -- discussion on all the lists about the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Discussion, Listservs