[NLA] Policy regarding the use of AELS

[Nancy Hansen]

Andrea,
You asked "does it matter" if "there is no umbrella or series of umbrellas that covers the whole field".

 

<I> feel it <does> matter - when it comes to adequate funding, when it comes to reporting NRS figures as the <total> number of illiterate adults being served, when it comes to stating educational needs of adult learners for literacy skill development, when it comes to showing achievement and outcomes -- but <particularly> when it comes to funding.  Yes.  It does matter.  

 

But you are right.  There <isn't> a large enough umbrella to cover <every> literacy program from church to family to CBO, to correctional to ESL to ABE (which in a lot of areas have separate literacy instruction right within their GED-prep programs).   There are a whole lot of raindrops/snowflakes (dependent on the area in which you live) that are falling outside the cover of the umbrella.   Many of us have drastic need for stable funding sources.  When the lack of funding becomes severe, the rain becomes a torrential downpour of "drops" falling on our heads.

 

The reason I <became> a subscriber to this listserv was for the purpose of <networking> - to be able to share truths about policies that are being drafted out there and not reaching us here in the isolated Midwest area.  Is this network <still> "leaving anyone out"?  You bet it is.  I believe that the listserv idea is an excellent place to disseminate "news, advocacy efforts, and research".  As long as it's inclusionary.

 

Happy New Year everyone.  May 2003 be fruitful for all of us.


 

Nancy Hansen

Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council

Sioux Falls, SD

sfallsliteracy at yahoo.com


 Awilderast at aol.com wrote:Nancy,

The problem as I see it, and I have been bemusedly reading the emails, is 
that it looks like (I could be wrong) there is no umbrella or series of 
umbrellas that covers the whole field. 

Does this matter? I don't know. How to explain this to congress people in a 
way that won't make their eyes glaze over?

My primary concern is the creation of a literacy network that doesn't leave 
anyone out and that is easy to explain to anyone interested. My second 
concern is a mechanism for dissemination of news, advocacy efforts, and 
research.

Andrea
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