- Lessons on Digital Inclusion: Learning Through CREATE Adult Skills Network Research (Blog posted:
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There is a great need to use technology in adult education. In this blog post, we’ll examine digital inclusion challenges that impeded using technology in adult education, and how some of the field’s foremost researchers and practitioners are addressing these issues. About 43 million U.S. adults struggle with low literacy (Mamedova & Pawlawski, 2019). This is an equity issue because strong foundational skills help adults gain secondary education credentials. These credentials open up… - 2024 Families Learning Conference (Event posted:
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Engaging families in education is integral to achieving greater literacy and learning outcomes for families, higher attendance rates for children, and positive outcomes for communities. The Families Learning Conference is laser-focused on delivering learning content to support educators and others to engage families in family literacy, family engagement, and family leadership settings with an emphasis on equitable practices. - Thank You, Partners. (Blog posted:
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The CREATE Adult Skills Network is starting its fourth year of operation in Fall 2024. The Network’s job is to help expand the adult skills research base and resources for using, and then facilitate the translation and use of that research in everyday practice. We could not do this without the contributions from each of our six research teams and our Network Partners. Network Partners volunteer their time and share ideas during Network meetings and workgroup discussions, providing… - IES Annual Principal Investigators Meeting (Event posted:
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SAVE THE DATE - The Annual Principal Investigators Meeting is scheduled to be held on January 7-8, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. More information to come. . . - Closing the Equity Gap for Adult Learners in California: 7 Promising Practices to Advance Student Outcomes (Resource posted:
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This study from The California Adult Education Program (CAEP) envisions the transformation of programs and services to prepare adult learners to be educationally and economically successful in the state's diverse regional economies. Twelve local adult education sites (six adult schools delivered by K-12 and six community colleges) from among more than 400 sites were selected for this promising practices research study. The study captured why and how student performance and employment outcomes…
