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This “Learners, Educators & Communities as Problem Solvers” Special Collection is written for adult educators, adult learners, public policy makers, funders, and other stakeholders who are interested in building more effective U.S. adult foundational education (AFE) systems. It provides diverse examples of research and theory, program models, and curriculum and planning tools that might be adapted at the national, state, local, and program levels.
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This Workplace Learning Special Collection is written for adult educators, public policy makers, funders, employers, labor unions, and others who are interested in strengthening and expanding adult foundational education (AFE) supports for already-employed workers in the U.S. It provides diverse examples of policy and funding, program models, contextualized curricula relevant to diverse industries, tools for planning and evaluating programs and assessing learner needs, employer and union roles, and examples from other nations.
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This Policy for Adult Foundational Education Special Collection is written for adult educators, public policy makers, funders, and others who are interested in strengthening policy supports for U.S. adult foundational education (AFE) efforts. It provides diverse examples of general guidelines for AFE policy that might be adapted at the national, state, and local levels and more-detailed evidence on five policy-related issues: workforce AFE policy; welfare reform; state planning and policy; goals, outcomes, and accountability for AFE; and GED and transition to post-secondary education.
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This Business Partnerships Guide is written for adult educators, business leaders, labor organizations, public policy makers, funders, and others who are interested in strengthening business-sector support for U.S. adult foundational education (AFE) efforts. It provides diverse examples of ways that businesses have – over decades -- provided financial and in-kind supports to community AFE services, advocated for policies and funding for AFE, and provide AFE supports for employees in diverse industries. The Guide’s purpose is to help AFE advocates create new, robust versions of AFE-business partnerships that support healthy, productive communities. View Business Collections Abstract (PDF) »