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The Institute is a catalyst for advancing a comprehensive national literacy agenda.
Literacy In The News |
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| from Philadelphia Inquirer | |||
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By all rights, Kyle Christy, 22, never should have landed the job in the bakery of the ShopRite supermarket in Evesham.
Subject Terms: One stop career centers, Employment education relationships, Industry education relationships, Workplace literacy, Employability |
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For more than two decades, Betsy Wolff provided health and social services outreach to hundreds of the state's impoverished residents.
Subject Terms: Job search, Workforce education, Reading instruction, Instructional materials |
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| from NIFL Adult English Language Acquisition Discussion List | |||
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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 |
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| from Green Bay Press-Gazette | |||
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Literacy Green Bay offers classes to businesses
Subject Terms: Corporate education, Workforce literacy, English as a second language (ESL) |
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| from Norristown Times Herald | |||
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As Rene Guzman and Alfredo Vasquez contemplate the written words "land," ‘"close" and "trim," the extent of their task is clear. English is a challenging language.
Subject Terms: Corporate education, Workforce education, English as a second language (ESL) |
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| from Inside Higher Ed | |||
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Career and technical educators gave Department of Education officials an earful of suggestions at a Capitol Hill meeting Thursday on the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act, a law many in attendance called unnecessarily complex and discouraging of innovative job training programs in its current form.
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Congress (U.S.), Federal agencies |
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| from Wicked Local Somerville | |||
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The English Works Campaign and the city announce Mayor Joe Curtatone has committed to support Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) by officially signing on to the English Works Campaign.
Subject Terms: Literacy campaigns, State programs, English as a second language (ESL), Workforce literacy, Massachusetts |
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| from Chronicle of Higher Education | |||
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In preparation for debate expected next year over legislation to renew the Workforce Investment Act, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education is holding a series of "community conversations" around the country.
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Adult basic education, Federal aid |
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| from NIFL Workforce Competitiveness Discussion List | |||
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The Workforce Development and Utilization Dilemma
Subject Terms: Literacy income relationships, Poverty, Labor market, Workforce education, Postsecondary education |
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| from Signal | |||
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Members press for quick action on training for workers
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Job training, Initiatives and legislation |


