[NLA] Celebrating 35 Years of the AELs

[Thomas Sticht]

  The 2002 United States Tour: Celebrating 35 Years of the Adult Education &
  Literacy System of the US

  Tom Sticht
  International Consultant in Adult Education


  Early in fiscal year 1967, the Congress of the United States passed the
  Adult Education Act and President Lyndon Johnson signed it. This act
  created the Adult Education and Literacy System (AELS) of the United
  States as a publicly supported education system alongside the public K-12
  school system for children and the public higher education system for
  young adults.


  During the last decade of the 20th century the AELS had over 38 million
  adult enrollments. This offers dramatic testimony to the valuable place
  that non-credit, lifelong, adult education plays in contemporary times.


  Fiscal year 2002 marks 35 years of the AELS. In celebration, I am
  conducting a speaking tour of six U. S. states. The tour focuses on the
  power of adult education and addresses lessons I have learned in the last
  35 years for practice, policy, and research. To date I have spoken in New
  York, New York; San Francisco, California; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and
  Breezy Point, Minnesota.

  For those who may be interested in attending one of the three remaining
  presentations, following is a list of dates, places, and contacts:

  October 3
  California, Sacramento
  Mathew Scelza
  California Literacy, Inc.
  mathewscelza at caliteracy.org


  October 18
  Washington, Seattle
  Delight Willing
  Seattle University
  dwilling at seattleu.edu


  October 23
  Massachusetts, Marlborough
  Charlie Houghton
  Massachusetts
  Coalition for Adult Education
  charlie at mcae.net


  Since April of this year, over 1,000 adult educators, adult students,
  government officials, volunteer tutors, and business representatives have
  heard the message of the third major component of public education in our
  nation:

  The Adult Education and Literacy System of the United States
  CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF EDUCATION FOR ADULT LEARNERS IN AMERICA!


  Tom Sticht
  tsticht at aznet.net




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