[NLA] follow-up to a proposal to "save" the NIFL

[Carol Van Duzer]

NLA Colleagues,


David Rosen wrote,
"I see no evidence of the administration's interest in adult literacy 
education...Now is the time for a bold agenda, and for the groundswell from the 
field that Jon Randall has called for.  We must make it clear that NIFL 
is important to us, and that its focus must remain in support of adult 
and family literacy.  We must start with NIFL -- and let Congress and 
the Administration know that their constituents care about adult 
literacy education and want them to support and strengthen NIFL as an 
adult education leader.  We must also support having a strong, separate 
adult education research institute (e.g. NCSALL.) We must support having 
the USDE Office of Adult and Vocational Education. And most important, 
under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of WIA -- or under a 
new piece of legislation -- we need a minimum of $1 Billion in order to 
begin to build an Adult Education and Literacy System."

There is mention of adult literacy in the Strategic Goals and Objectives of the USDept of Ed.for 2002-2007 <http://www.ed.gov/pubs/stratplan2002-07/stratplan2002-07.pdf>. Goal 5: "Enhance the quality of and Access to Post-seconday and Adult Education." Point 5.5 under this goal is "enhance the litercy and employment skills of American adults." As the field makes it case to members of Congress and the administration, we need to emphasize that what we are asking for supports this goal.


Carol
Carol H. Van Duzer
National Center for ESL Literacy Education
Center for Applied Linguistics
202-362-0700
carol at cal.org

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