[AAACE-NLA] AAACE-NLA Digest, Vol 46, Issue 10 Waiting List Reduction

Thu Mar 15 09:55:01 EDT 2007

Pro Literacy does a great job and should be commended for its work. 

My only concern is the redirection of funds to address a growing
population. Illegal immigrants not only put a strain on the public
school system but on our ABE volunteers and programs as well.  As an
adult educator in the correctional education system, we struggle for
funding to provide services for our legal citizens that committed
crimes. It seems almost criminal to me, that we would take funds from
those already stressed budgets to provide an education for non English
speaking people who not only broke the law by coming here, but then did
not respect the laws of the communities they live in. We need a better
understanding of the people we are expected to serve. They are creating
an unprecedented strain on our schools, volunteers, our communities and
of course our tax system. Giving them privileges that we deny our own
native citizens seems like a poor answer. Taxing me and increasing my
health care payments to subsidize the illegal worker industry is not a
viable answer in my opinion. 

We are in a partnership with the Mexican government to provide
educational services for inmates that are here illegally and are to be
deported to their home country upon release. They pay us to teach them
in Spanish instead of English. If they can do that then why can't the
Mexican government pony up money for the millions of illegal immigrants
in this country to offset their drag on our communities? Sending them
back home would be my choice but maybe more literate than when they
arrived so when they come back they can better participate in the
American Dream.  Just a thought.

Michael W. Salyer

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[mailto:aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of Kearney
Lykins
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 5:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] AAACE-NLA Digest, Vol 46,Issue 10 Waiting List
Reduction

Two concerns from an adult education professional who is interested in
workers' rights and immigration issues:

  First, what is the evidence that Jane Hugo's claim is valid: "Adult
educators know that they 
must find ways to engage these potential students [who are on waiting
lists] in meaningful 
learning activities as soon as possible or risk losing them."  
I am an adult educator and I know no such thing. 

  Second, does anyone know what portion of adult students who are
already enrolled in 
our programs are illegal aliens who have cheated the system to gain
entrance to our 
country, and hence into our classrooms? 

Kearney Lykins

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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:59:24 -0500
From: jhugo <jhugo at proliteracy.org>
Subject: [AAACE-NLA] Waiting List Reduction Resources Available from
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According to recent surveys, thousands of potential adult basic literacy
and
English-language students across the country wait each month to start
learning. Adult educators know that they must find ways to engage these
potential students in meaningful learning activities as soon as possible
or
risk losing them.

A resource that addresses how to reduce waiting lists is now available
free,
online from ProLiteracy America: Promising Practices: Reducing Waiting
Lists
in Adult Education and Literacy Programs (73-pages, pdf format).

ProLiteracy worked with twenty-three adult education and literacy
programs
to identify promising practices that help reduce student waiting lists.
In
addition to the booklet, two videos (require high speed Internet
connection)
and the resources referred to in the booklet are available at
www.proliteracy.org/resources.asp
<http://www.proliteracy.org/resources.asp>.

This project was made possible through the generous support of the
Dollar
General Literacy Foundation.

For more information, contact Michele Diecuch at info at proliteracy.org.

Jane M. Hugo
Director of Special Projects
ProLiteracy America
1320 Jamesville Ave.
Syracuse, NY  13210
Phone: 315-422-9121, Ext. 318
Fax: 315-422-6369
Email:jhugo at proliteracy.org
www.proliteracy.org

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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:12:21 -0500
From: "Lynda Terrill" <lrtschmed at hotmail.com>
Subject: [AAACE-NLA] Report released by Southern Poverty Law Center
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Dear colleagues,

On March  12, the Southern Poverty Law Center 
(http://www.splcenter.org/index.jsp ) announced a new report, Close to 
Slavery: Guestworker Programs in the United States 
(http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=247).  The report can be 
downloaded in pdf format at 
http://www.splcenter.org/pdf/static/SPLCguestworker.pdf . This report
may be 
of interest to those involved with workers' rights and immigration
issues.

Lynda Terrill
lrtschmed at msn.com

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