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 fBDFSe011881; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:28:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:28:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001902b83e78baeef9@[146.186.96.32]> 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: Priscilla Carman <psc3@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:366] Thursday Notes 12/13/01 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1203865304==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 9082 Lines: 189 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 December 13, 2001 ___________________________________ Congress Mulls Adult Ed Appropriations The Conference Committee ironing out differences in the House and Senate versions of the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill may finish its work this week. The final version is expected to come to the Floor next week. English Literacy Pays Off, Study Says Immigrants with strong English skills earn higher wages than immigrants who are not fluent and who arrive here at age 12 or older with low levels of education. So says a new report based on the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) by the National Center on Education Statistics. The long-awaited study, English Literacy and Language Minorities in the United States also points out that immigrants arriving in the US before age 12 are more fluent in English as adults. Formal education enhances English literacy skills for individuals who are raised in non-English speaking homes, the study says. Immigrants who arrived at age 12 or older, with little education have low participation in adult English literacy classes that might improve their English skills, the study says. See <http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001464>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001464 Literacy: Want Fries with That? McDonald's franchisee Steve Bigari noticed the needs of his employees and did something about it for all nine of his stores. Bigari created a strong benefits program including adult education opportunities supported in part by federal dollars. Employees can enroll in work-related English literacy classes, computer classes, prepare for the GED online, and/or get training in life skills such as budgeting, which also teaches basic math and reasoning skills. The program's goal is to move employees ahead, especially by providing the English skills they need to interact with customers. The project is a partnership among Bigari's stores, the Pikes Peak Workforce Center (a one-stop), Pikes Peak Community College and School District 11's Adult and Family Education Program. Links to postsecondary opportunities and more advanced employment are built into the process. For more, see <http://www.mcfamilyonline.com>http://www.mcfamilyonline.com MS Rollin' Online Check out the new website Mississippi Virtual GED On-line at <http://www.msvcc.org>http://www.msvcc.org The GED online icon can register students for online instruction. It also offers GED test information, statewide adult education information and teacher resources. In the teacher resource class section your user name is "teacher" and your password is "teacher." ____________________________________________________________________ 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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