[NLA] Thursday Notes, 11/22/01

[David J. Rosen]

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:08:30 -0500
From: "Tilghman, Rose" <Rose.Tilghman at ed.gov>

Subject: Thursday Notes, 11/22/01

>From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman

November 22, 2001
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Happy Thanksgiving to All

Appropriations on
Hold for Thanksgiving

Congress has headed home for the Thanksgiving holiday. No action on the
Labor-HHS-Education appropriations conference committee is expected until
Congress returns November 27.

Census 2000 Data
To Drive July's
Adult Ed Allotments

Odds are good that this July's adult education allotments will be based on
2000 US Census data rather than on updates from the 1990 data used last
year. This news should bode well for areas of high population growth, such
as the West and South because the population-based formula in the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act may push dollars their way. But there
is a
caution. Until the formula runs have been completed actual results
remain to
be seen.

Are GED Graduates
Really "Graduates?"

A new report from the Manhattan Institute indicates that the national
graduation rate in 1998 was 74%, rather than 88% as federal reports show.
Federal reports include the receipt of alternative high school credentials
such as GEDs in calculating the national graduation rate. The Institute
report does not. This report ranks states by graduation rates and includes
separate rates for Caucasian, African-American and Latino students. In the
report's scenario, Iowa led the nation with a 93% graduation rate, followed
by Wisconsin and North Dakota, tied at 87%. Get more at
http://www.manhattaninstitute.org

Corrections Education Programs
Help Prevent Re-Incarceration

Inmates who receive vocational training, or high school or college classes,
are far less likely to return to prison within three years of their release,
says a new study by the Correctional Education Association. The Department
of Education supported the study of more than 3,000 prisoners in Maryland,
Minnesota and Ohio. Three years after their release, 22 percent of the
prisoners who had taken classes returned to prison, compared with 31 percent
of the released prisoners who had not attended school while behind bars. The
study found that, in addition to improving public safety the education
programs produce real financial savings. Researchers found that every dollar
spent on corrections education saved two dollars by avoiding the cost of
re-incarceration. More at http://www.nyt.com and search past week for
"correctional education."

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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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