[AAACE-NLA] candidates on ABE

[Archie Willard]

Silja

I live in Iowa and I have been bombarded with phone calls for the last 4 to
5 months about who I support in the presidential caucuses. The people that
are calling are probably paid workers for the various campaigns. I have had
a call from someone for every Democratic candidate that is running in the
Iowa caucuses. They usually ask about any concerns that I have or if I have
any questions. I always ask about their candidate's position on adult
education or adult literacy.  I don't think any of them have heard of Adult
Basic Education (ABE).  They all say they don't know, but they will get back
to me.  None of them has gotten back to me as yet. I have gone to hear some
of the candidates speak at different functions and tried to ask a question
from the floor about ABE and have never been successful in getting
recognized to ask a question. This is something we should really know
about:  How do the candidates look at ABE or do they even understand
anything about it.

Archie Willard
Adult Learner

Silja Kallenbach wrote:

> Has anyone done any analysis of the democratic presidential candidates'
> stances on and proposals for adult education? Are we even mentioned? My
> cursory look suggests ABE is not even footnote in anyone's proposals,
> except as an unspecified piece of workforce development.   We're looking
> for a brief article on the subject for an upcoming issue of The Change
> Agent on Voting in the 2004 Elections. See www.nelrc.org/VERA for more
> information.
> Silja Kallenbach
>
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Archie Willard
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