Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f4BK38f14345; Fri, 11 May 2001 16:03:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 16:03:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <a05010401b721f4e1299c@[146.186.96.52]> 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: "H. A. C. Watson" <haw6@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:171] Thursday Notes 5/10/2001 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1222511277==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 9088 Lines: 177 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman May 10, 2001 ___________________________________ S1 Could Boost CTCs The Senate amended S 1 on May 9 to authorize a $100 million competitive grant program to create or expand 1,000 Community Technology Centers in poor rural and urban districts. The vote on the Mikulski-Kennedy amendment was 50-49. Six Early Implementers Eligible for Incentives Check out <http://www.usworkforce.org/whatsnew.asp#244>http://www.usworkforce.org/whatsnew.asp#244 for application requirements for PY 1999-2000 WIA incentive grants for six states that qualify: IN, FL, KY, TX, UT and VT. These early-implementing states negotiated and reached agreement on key components of WIA Title I by October 1, 1999, including negotiation of levels on 12 performance measures. States also exceeded negotiated performance levels on average for WIA Title I and Title II that year. Eligible states still must give the Departments of Labor and Education a brief application for funds, indicating how funds will be used for innovative programs that follow the requirements of WIA Title I, WIA Title II and/or Perkins Vocational and Technical Education programs. The application submitted by the Governor, should be developed cooperatively and must be approved State agencies receiving adult education and vocational education funds. Next year, incentive grants will be open to all states that submit their annual reports on time and have exceeded performance levels on average for WIA Title I, WIA Title II and Perkins III. MD Lawmakers Set Up Adult Ed Task Force The Maryland legislature recently approved a law creating a task force to study Maryland's adult education system. The task force will look at the need for adult education services; the impact of adult education on workforce and economic development; and the funding process as well as levels of state funding for adult education. The legislation was supported by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). An MSDE survey of other states' commitment to adult education revealed that, of East coast states from Maine to Florida, only Rhode Island and New Hampshire provide lower state appropriations for adult education than does Maryland. Contact pbennett@msde.state.md.us Adults' Brains Still Grow When Learning Contrary to what scientists used to think, adults' brains are constantly changing, according to recent brain research summarized by the Washington Post. Work by Lawrence Katz of Duke University Medical Center and others demonstrates that adults' brain activity boosts neurotrophin production. Neurotrophins help "recruit" cells into the parts of the brain that are active and sprout new nerve endings to connect them. Brain sites adults use in learning expand and do more and do it faster than brains that are not learning. The research review also offers additional evidence for the effectiveness of learning in context rather than in the abstract. See <http://www.washingtonpost.com//wp-dyn/articles/A60197-2001Apr9.html>http://www.washingtonpost.com//wp-dyn/articles/A60197-2001Apr9.html ________________________________________________________________________________ A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education OVAE Homepage <http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/>http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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