Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id UAA22565; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:11:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:11:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NDBBLOBOOLAPGLFICILHEELHCDAA.haw6@psu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Heidi Watson" <haw6@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3350] Thursday Notes, 3/2/00 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; Status: OR This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01BF83B9.9E702000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL > Office of Vocational and Adult Education > Editor: Sarah Newcomb > Production: Rose Tilghman > > March 2, 2000 > ___________________________________ > > Committee Approves > Faith-Based Providers > For Even Start > > The House Education and Workforce Committee approved an authorization > level of $500M for their Even Start program by voice vote on February 23 > as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's reauthorization. > The new statute includes a provision on "charitable choice" that permits > faith-based groups to participate in Even Start and deliver family > literacy services to local communities. This provision is similar to those > in welfare reform legislation that allow religious organizations to > deliver services to the poor and to a provision in the juvenile justice > bill that would, if approved, allow faith-based organizations to > participate in programs for at-risk teens. > > DAEL Staff Visit > Arlington Program > > Eight Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) Staff and Budget > Service members visited the Arlington's REEP program on February 22 to get > an informal overview of how local programs are coping with challenges > posed by WIA requirements. Staff talked with program director Inaam > Mansoor, teachers and students. The visit was designed to foster closer > relationships between staff specialists and local programs. Contact > george_spicely@ed.gov > > Youth Comprise > 12% of Adult > Learners > > Noticing an increase in younger learners in your classrooms? The Division > of Adult Education and Literacy's most recent program data reveal that > nearly half a million youth ages 16-18 are enrolled in adult education. > During program year l997-98, these young learners comprised 12 percent of > national enrollments. The top location for young learners is Puerto Rico, > where youth ages 16-18 comprise nearly half of all adult education > enrollments. Next rank Indiana, Louisiana and California where these youth > account for about one third of all learners. Alabama follows closely with > youth comprising more than a quarter of all adult education participants. > > Study Says > AA Degree > Key to Earnings > > Our work in transitioning adult learners to postsecondary opportunities > may be critical to their futures, especially if they earn an associates' > degree. ETS's new report Education = Success: Empowering Hispanic Youth > and Adults finds that 81% of workers with associate's degrees or some > college earn the same amounts as those with bachelor's degrees. While the > average earnings of workers with bachelor's degrees still are higher > overall, almost a third of workers with associates' degrees or some > college actually earn more than the average worker with a bachelor's > degree. 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