[MCAEnews] MCAE and ABE in the News

[The MCAE Advocate]

	MCAE and ABE have been in the news the past month. We plan to build
a MCAE and ABE in the News webpage and we need your help. If you have
an article about ABE students, practitioners, programs, or advocates,
please send it to KTamarkin at mcae.net.

	Following are articles and pictures that were published in November.
	The November 9 Lowell Sun printed the following picture of MCAE
Executive Director Kenneth Tamarkin discussing the absence of ABE in
the Readiness Project with Governor Deval Patrick and quoted him in
the accompanying article.  
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	The MCAE Teacher of the Year, Carole Sousa, was featured in an
article in the Boston Sunday Globe on November 11. The article begins
as follows: 

POLISHING THE WELCOME WAGON
TEACHER SENDS OUT ETHNIC COMMUNITY \'AMBASSADORS\'
	By Victoria Cheng  

	Globe Correspondent / November 11, 2007  

	A colorful sign greets visitors in the entryway of the adult
Community Learning Center in Central Square: Irrashai. Benvenuto.
Swagat Cha. 

	In more than 30 languages, from Arabic to Thai, Haitian Creole to
Ethiopian Amharic, the sign proclaims: Welcome. 

	Helping immigrants feel at home in Cambridge and educating the
support agencies that serve these populations is vital for creating a
citywide sense of community, said Carole Sousa, a teacher and program
coordinator at the center. 

	To read the entire article, cut and paste the following URL in your
browser: 

	http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/11/polishing_the_welcome_wagon/
	MCAE Board Member Christine Tibor and her Framingham Adult ESL
program were featured in the Boston Sunday Globe on November 4.  

	 Clamoring for key to US 

	In changing times, ESL program has seen steady growth 
	Director Christine Tibor visits an ESL class at the New Life
Presbyterian Community Church in Framingham. (BILL POLO/GLOBE STAFF)  

	By Susan Chaityn Lebovits  |  November 4, 2007 

	One of Christine Tibor's former students escaped from a Cambodian
refugee camp; another was a conductor for the St. Petersburg Symphony
in Russia. But no matter where they've been, all of her students are
here for the same reason: to learn English and have a better life in
the United States. 

	The problem, said Tibor, director of the Framingham English as a
Second Language program for adults, is that although the program is
able to accommodate 620 students, she must turn away more than 500
every semester. 

	To read the entire article, cut and paste the following URL in your
browser: 

	http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/04/clamoring_for_key_to_us/
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	On November 25, a column in the Lowell Sun congratulated Senator
Steven Panagiotakos  for winning a Special Recognition Award from MCAE


	The Lowell Sun 

	Article Last Updated: 11/26/2007 12:29:19 PM EST 

	A Sun Staff Report  

	KUDOS GO to state Sen. Steven Panagiotakos, who recently received a
Special Recognition Award by the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult
Education.  

	The award recognizes his long support of Adult Basic Education and
for his keeping Adult Basic Education a legislative priority.  

	According to Fred Abisi, director of Lowell's Adult Education
Program, "Steve Panagiotakos has been a friend of Adult Basic
Education throughout Massachusetts ever since his days on the Lowell
School Committee."  

	The Award was presented to the senator at MCAE's annual conference,
Network 2007, held at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlboro
last month.  

	Contributing to The Column this week were City Editor Christopher
Scott, City Hall reporter Michael Lafleur and Statehouse Bureau Chief
Hillary Chabot. 
 Kenny Tamarkin 
 Executive Director 
 MCAE 
 KTamarkin at mcae.net 
 978-979-1906 


Links:
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/04/clamoring_for_key_to_us/
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