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- Issues for 2009-2010
- Issues for 2008-2009
- Issues for 2007-2008
- Issues for 2006-2007
- Back issues 2001-2006
Literacy Update 2009-10
May 2010: Literacy and Workforce Development (PDF 200K)
- Creating a Homegrown Workforce for New York City
- Sandwiches and ESOL
- Training for the Trades: Contextual Literacy and Math Education
- Collaboration: The Success Factor
April 2010: WIA Reauthorization (PDF 191K)
- NYCAL WIA and NRS Recommendations
- Workforce Recommendations for WIA Authorization
- Bringing Together Literacy and Workforce Development
- WIA Reauthorization on the NIFL Discussion Lists
March 2010: International Literacy (PDF 218K)
- LAC Hits the International Stage
- About Confitea VI
- Efforts in Education in a Dominican Batey
- From Rhetoric to Coherent Action
November 2009: Literacy Zones (PDF 255K)
- Literacy Zones Fight Poverty and Close Education Gaps
- Staying at the Table: Building a Neighborhood Coalition in Sunset Park
- Guiding Literacy Coalition Brings Five Literacy Zones to Central Southern Tier
- Health Literacy Lessons Respond to Swine Flu Concerns
Literacy Update 2008-9
June 2009: New Ideas for WIA Title II (PDF 262K)
- Creating a 21st Century Adult Literacy System
- What Research Can Tell Us
- Skills the Jobless Need
- Effective Family Literacy
Apr 2009 (PDF 262K)
- Career Pathways for High School Dropouts
- Peer Mentors for College Prep Students
- Career Development in Cypress Hills
- Transition to Higher Education
Feb 2009 (PDF 263K)
- Reforming the GED System in NYC
- Putting the GED to Work
- Literacy for Older Youth
- Why We Became a GED Test Site
- Teaching GED Realism
Jan 2009 (PDF 260K)
- Professional Development in Massachusetts
- Professional Development at the Literacy Assistance Center
- Professional Development at CUNY
Oct 2008 (PDF 251K)
- Teaching the Formerly Incarcerated
- Transition to Post-Secondary Education
- Preparing ABE Students for Jobs
- Assisting LD Students in the Workplace
Literacy Update 2007-8
May 2008 (PDF 200K)
- Cheryl Keenan visit
- Social networking
- ePortfolios
- LAC and Moodle
- Persistence in Educator Learning
March 2008 (PDF200K)
- Workforce Literacy Policy
- Family Literacy Employment
- LI Workforce Literacy
- LAC Young Adult Programs
- Strengthening GED Persistence
January 2008 (PDF, 441K)
- Foundation Proposals
- Managing Multiple Funding Streams
- Outcomes-Based Approach to Management
- Budgeting 101
- Improving GED test results
November 2007 (PDF, 310K)
- Getting Better Every Year
- Mobilizing for Adult Literacy
- The Cost of Literacy
- Leadership Excellence: A Learner’s Perspective
- Students Write Their Future
September 2007 (PDF, 309K)
- Creating a Core Curriculum
- Putting Technology in the Classroom
- Technology in Professional Development
- Math Myths and Literacy Learning
- Teaching ESL Math
Literacy Update 2006-2007
May/Summer 2007 (PDF, 380 K)
- What Do ESOL Students Need? To download a complete version of this article, including references, click here.
- A Skills Approach to Work Readiness
- 22nd Annual Literacy Recognition Award Recipients
- Teaching the Preparing to Work Curriculum
March 2007 (PDF, 328 K)
- Non-Vocational Adult Education in Europe
- Enhancing Immigrant Involvement in Public Schools
- Teaching Basic ESOL Literacy
- Teaching Soft Skills in the ESOL Classroom
January 2007 (PDF, 286K)
- Program Performance Improves
- How We Pay for Low ESOL Funding
- Assistive Technology and Reading
- Creating a Successful Learning Environment
- Dancing Our Way to Better Health
December/Winter2006 (PDF, 298K)
- Spitzer on Workforce Development
- Is Professional Development Really Useful?
- A Case Study in Professional Development
- What Students Can Teach
September/Fall 2006 (PDF, 372K)
- Challenges in Global English
- Dealing with Disabilities
- Who Attends NYC Literacy Programs
Back issues 2001-2006
- May/Summer 2006 (PDF, 388K): The National Work Readiness Credential Project; Literacy Recognition Award Recipients Announced; Arts-Based Professional Development for Rikers Island Teachers; Literacy and Disease Prevention
- March/April 2006 (PDF, 356K): Using Evaluation to Inform Program Decisions; From Financial Literacy to Community and Family Economics; Building Literacy through the Arts; New Career Development Institute
- January/February 2006 (PDF, 324K): Addressing New York’s Topic A: The Immigrant Family Literacy Alliance; Education versus Employment; Resources for Immigrant Families; Children’s Books in Family Literacy
- November/December 2005 (PDF, 388K): A Practical Approach to Student Leadership; Post Katrina Math; New Tech Resources;
- Staff Development that Works; Technology-Based Projects in ESOL
- September/October 2005 (PDF, 370K): A Better Chance for Babies: Health Literacy vs. Infant Mortality; Student Leadership & Organizing; Change for the Better; Technology & Health Literacy
- May/Summer 2005 (PDF, 414K): Reading Next; seeking foundation funding; iteracy, poverty, and invisibility; Immigrant Family Literacy Alliance
- March/April 2005 (PDF, 302K): making the case for adult literacy education; project-based learning in family literacy programs; a democratic politics of literacy; three paradigms of workplace education
- January/February 2005 (PDF, 300K): Using NRS data for program improvement; environmental literacy; family literacy resources; EL/civics
- November/December 2004 (PDF, 612K): immigrants and federally funded programs; how computers are creating the next job market; health-care access
- September 2004 (PDF, 676K): Options for ELLs in NYC Public Schools, Advocating with and for Adult Learners, ESOL Instructional Series, Introducing Electoral Issues in the Classroom
- May 2004 (PDF, 537K)
- March 2004 (PDF, 327K)
- January/February 2004
- November/December 2003 (PDF, 319K)
- September/October 2003 (PDF, 371K)
- Spring 2003
- November/December 2002
- October 2002
- September 2002
- Summer 2002
- May 2002
- March/April 2002
- February 2002
- January 2002
- November/December 2001
- October 2001
- September 2001