[NLA] Re: Gut Response from Art

[FedStrategics]

Earlier to day, Tom Sticht wrote:

"When I refer to the AELS I am referring to a subset of all the adult
education and literacy providers in the nation, just as LVA and Laubach
are two subsets and will soon be one subset. The subset I am referring to
as the AELS is that subset which receives some or all of its funding from
the state grants progrm of the WIA/Title 2: AEFLA and agree to abide by
the rules, regs., etc of that law. Yes, this leaves out those providers
who do not work under this law."

Tom,

I respectfully submit that what you described in your response to Marsha Tait is NOT the AELSystem but the AELSegment. In my opinion, a "system" should include all of the segments, funded by federal money or not. That's part of the problem literacy advocates face. Policy makers can't get a handle on how best to address student needs because they don't understand how all of the system segments fit together. Heck, we don't even know. Until we -- the literacy field and policy-makers -- do get a handle on this comprehensive picture, we're going to continue to make ad hoc, and I assert inadequate policy.

Jon Randall 
Public Policy Committee Chair
National Coalition for Literacy
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