[AAACE-NLA] White House Executive Order to Strengthen AdultEducation

[Sarah Beaman-Jones]

I did hear a bit on the news this morning about looking at religious and
charity organizations because "often they have the best results."
Sarah


On 9/28/07 9:08 AM, "Amy Trawick" <atrawick at charter.net> wrote:

> David, do you have any information about the impetus for the executive
> order?  Why now??
> 
> Amy
> 
> Amy R. Trawick
> North Wilkesboro, NC
> atrawick at charter.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Rosen" <DJRosen at theworld.com>
> To: "National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE"
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> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 7:00 AM
> Subject: [AAACE-NLA] White House Executive Order to Strengthen
> AdultEducation
> 
> 
>> AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
>> 
>> On September 27th the White House announced that it was establishing
>> an Interagency Adult Education Working Group to "use existing Federal
>> programs that serve adults, including new Americans, to strengthen
>> literacy skills, improve opportunities for postsecondary education
>> and employment, and facilitate participation in American life."
>> 
>> The full text of the Executive Order will be found at:
>> 
>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070927-11.html
>> 
>> The Working Group will report to the President, through the Assistant
>> to the President for Domestic Policy who, according to an article in
>> the Wikipedia, is Karl Zinsmeister.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Zinsmeister
>> 
>> David J. Rosen
>> Adult Literacy Advocate
>> DJRosen at theworld.com
>> 
>> 
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