Dear NMUSD Adult School Learners and Leaders, At NMUSD Adult School, we empower our community to embrace civic responsibility. NMUSD Adult School’s Community of Learner-Leaders exercised their civic rights and responsibilities by participating in 3 consecutive School Board meetings on behalf of our Adult Education program. By all accounts, our community’s comments were respectful, professional, [...]
Archive for the ‘Civic Responsibility’ Category
Open Letter to our Community of Learners and Leaders
Posted in Civic Responsibility on May 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
An Adult Education Newspaper for Social Justice
Posted in Civic Responsibility, Curriculum on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Change Agent ~ An Adult Education Newspaper for Social Justice
The 2010 Census COUNTS!
Posted in Civic Responsibility on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/ NMUSD Adult School encourages our students to fill out their census forms. More than $400,000 billion in federal funds are spent each year on education, transportation and health care. These expenditures are based on census data. It is crucial that everyone is counted. Teachers, you can check out this link: 2010 Census in Schools: It’s [...]
Advocating for Public Policy that Supports Adult Literacy
Posted in Civic Responsibility, Marketing, tagged adult education; advocacy on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The National Coalition for Literacy sponsors a website advocating for public policy that supports adult literacy: Advocacy Clearinghouse and Toolkit The website features a) a BrowseAloud plug-in that reads the website out loud and highlights the words as it reads them, b) an advocacy blog, c) a self-assessment, and d) a great advocacy toolkit. The Advocacy [...]
March 8 ~ International Women’s Day
Posted in Civic Responsibility, tagged International Women's Day on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development About International Women’s Day (March 8 )
Reach Higher, America
Posted in Basic Skills, Budget, Career Technical Ed, Civic Responsibility, ESL, HSD, Prof. Development, Tech-Enhanced Inst. on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from National Commission on Adult Literacy An economy that thrives in the new global environment! A workforce educated for jobs that pay a family-sustaining wage! America flourishing as a secure democracy and world leader! Powerful demographic evidence points to a clear connection between these ideals and the need for adult education and workforce skills [...]
Get Your Students Ready for the 2010 Census!
Posted in Civic Responsibility on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
April 1, 2010 is Census Day. More than $400,000 billion in federal funds are spent each year on education, transportation and health care. These expenditures are based on census data. It is crucial that everyone is counted.
Civic Engagement ~ The 2010 Census is Coming!
Posted in Civic Responsibility, ESL, tagged 2010 Census on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from U.S. Census Bureau’s Census in Schools: The year 2010 is an important one for our nation and for your students! Beginning in March, The U.S. Census Bureau will conduct a decennial count of everyone living in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. Because an accurante count is important in allocating state and [...]
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