Colleagues,

Our discussion about transition from corrections education to  
community education is now over. It has been a rich and fruitful  
discussion. Gina Lobaccaro, the Corrections Education Topic Leader on  
the Adult Literacy Education Wiki, will be assembling the messages in  
one place on the ALE Wiki and she or I will post a message here when  
this is available.

I want to thank our guests for their participation, especially Cay  
Buser and John Gordon who participated every day and added so much to  
the discussion. Steve Steurer contributed as he could given that he  
was traveling this week and had some technical challenges in connect  
to the Internet, and I am sure we all appreciated his "heads up" on  
the Second Chance Act.

I also want to thank our subscribers, who added a great deal to this  
discussion, especially Fran Tracy Mumford, Gail Rinderknecht, Bill  
Anthony, Michael Tate and John Linton.

Highlights of the discussion for me included learning about the  
impressive efforts in corrections education and transition to the  
community in Maryland, learning about the Second Chance Act -- which  
may offer many more opportunities to improve transitions to the  
community -- and learning about the fine work that is done in New  
York City by the Fortune Society.  What were the highlights for you?   
(I will post your thoughts on Wednesday, March 26th.)

David J. Rosen
Special Topics Discussion Moderator
djrosen at comcast.net