Last update: 8/20//2012
We have recently revised our column of news events and now pick up weekly topics from the Twittersphere relating to adult education and literacy. Let us know your comments about this feature by writing to kbark at coj.net.
We have recently revised our column of news events and now pick up weekly topics from the Twittersphere relating to adult education and literacy. Let us know your comments about this feature by writing to kbark at coj.net.
Week ending August 24, 2012
The fee increase and costs to implement the new GED present challenges to states including New York and California. Revamp sparks anxiety, Crain's New York Business, August 12, 2012.
Impact of Sequestration on Adult Literacy and Basic Education, ProLiteracy.org.
Week ending August 10, 2012
The fee increase and costs to implement the new GED present challenges to states including New York and California. Revamp sparks anxiety, Crain's New York Business, August 12, 2012.
Impact of Sequestration on Adult Literacy and Basic Education, ProLiteracy.org.
Week ending August 10, 2012
When it comes to jobs, the real story is education, occupation, and geography, Atlantic Cities, Richard Florida, August 3, 2012.
Week ending July 17, 2012Impact of Budget Cuts on Education Programs, NEA.org, Career, Technical, and Adult Ed cuts are estimated to affect 1.1 million adult education students nationally; from National Education Association, June 1, 2012.
Week ending July 17, 2012Impact of Budget Cuts on Education Programs, NEA.org, Career, Technical, and Adult Ed cuts are estimated to affect 1.1 million adult education students nationally; from National Education Association, June 1, 2012.
Policy Brief: Stopped Short, 2.1million adults in Florida went to college but didn't finish; Goal 2025; includes tables of data from 2010 American Community Survey by the U. S. Census Bureau highlighting county by county figures for working adults and percentages who attend but do not obtain degrees.
Lead Letter about our Northeast Florida literacy partner Clay County Literacy Coalition in the Jacksonville Times Union, July 8, 2012 Adult Literacy Deserves Our Support.
Week ending July 6, 2012
Adult Basic Education, "Dean Dad", Confessions of a Community College Dean, Inside Higher Ed, June 27, 2012, "Why do those who need the most get the least?"
Do smart devices make smart kids? Jane Wakefield, BBC News, July 6, 2012, "These days, with the toddler acknowledged as the family's tablet expert, children often learn to navigate the internet before they lean to read."
Week ending July 6, 2012
Adult Basic Education, "Dean Dad", Confessions of a Community College Dean, Inside Higher Ed, June 27, 2012, "Why do those who need the most get the least?"
Do smart devices make smart kids? Jane Wakefield, BBC News, July 6, 2012, "These days, with the toddler acknowledged as the family's tablet expert, children often learn to navigate the internet before they lean to read."
The Literacy Shed, a collection of valuable teaching ideas and resources, highlighted on Twitter June 29, 2012.
100,000 Local Teaching Jobs Have Been Lost in the Last Year, Business Insider, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 6, 2012.
Filling the Skills Gap, Joe Nocera, New York Times, July 2, 2012, discussing the role of community colleges to educate, place, and transform workers.
Week ending July 6, 2012
Learn to Read Just Wants to Be Liked!, Learn to Read Jacksonville, on the importance of social media to connect people to great causes that change communities.
Report Find More Older Americans Seeking Adult Literacy/Basic Ed Programs, PRWeb, February 8, 2012.
Think you have obstacles?, Nevada Adult Education, June 28, 2012
Florida County Overall Health Rankings and Roadmaps, a project by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Statistical Findings
The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy: a Snapshot of Illiteracy in a Global Context, Final Report from the World Literacy Foundation, April 2012, Dr. Anthony Cree, Andrew Kay, June Steward
Basic Facts about Literacy, ProLiteracy.org, revised periodically; update as/of appears at the bottom of the page.
Quality of Life Progress Reports, Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.
Quality of Life Progress Reports, Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.
Overview of 2003 Data, National Assessment of Adult Literacy, Florida Estimate 2003.
High School Graduation Rates in the United States, Revised, April 2002, Jay P. Green, Ph.D., Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
High School Graduation Rates in the United States, Revised, April 2002, Jay P. Green, Ph.D., Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.