URI-EDC program-Masters in Adult Education

Can Adult Education help close the skills gap?  Phenomenal article from the Huffingtonpost.com about the skills gap that exists in today’s labor market and the fact that thousands of job openings go unfilled because too many individuals lack the skills to perform these jobs.  How adult education can improve peoples lives ? The author is  Randy Trask, president of GED Testing Service, says there's no doubt one person can make a difference.

Great to hear that NFL Eagles defensive end Chris Long is donating his entire 2017 salary to education charities. He had already proven himself to be a giving person, having donated his first six game checks of the 2017 season to help fund scholarships in his hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, in an effort to promote education equity.  On Wednesday, Long announced that his charitable giving was not yet done for the year, and that his final ten game checks would be used to launch the "Pledge 10 for Tomorrow" campaign. Over the course of his career, Long has spent time playing in St. Louis, New England, and now Philadelphia, and he has selected four organizations based in those communities to help support through this new initiative, with each group receiving a $100,000 donation from Long. He said, "By joining forces we will have the power to make a bigger impact and create a rich, educated culture for all of our youth,". He also said that, "These kids wil

Faced with high illiteracy rates, DC pushes adult learning The first adult school in the city opened in the 1970s, and the sector has been growing in recent years. The D.C. Public Charter School Board has opened four new schools since 2012 and the D.C. Public Schools this year spent $4 million to revamp its four adult schools. Students at Community College Prep attend three-hour sessions on weekdays, choosing morning, afternoon or evening classes depending on their family and work schedules. The sessions alternate between live instruction and online courses and tests.  With nine out of 10 jobs today going to college graduates, not having a high school credential is strongly associated with unemployment, poverty, poor health and eventually similar problems for one’s children. Across the country, adults looking to earn high school credentials usually take classes at community colleges or community-based organizations to pass the General Education Development test, known as the GED

My personal insight for Students with Disabilities       This reading "Blogs, Wikis and Text Messaging: What are the Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities" is extremely relevant to me now because of what I have personally gone through. Without the innovations in computer technology there is no way I would have been able to not only graduate college but thrive in that environment. For those who do not know me well, I had a stroke when I was 17 caused by something similar to an aneurysm in my brain which resulted in a brain hemorrhage. I was in a coma for months and when I finally woke up I had no recollection of anything and I had no concept of who I was. Suffice to say I had a severe learning disability and following my 8 months in the hospital I literally was at a kindergarten level for reading and math initially. Thankfully all of my memories came back and my abilities to read, write, do complex equations were back to a normal level. Due to the stroke tha

 Forbes article about lack of growth opportunities, which is one of the main reasons for employee turnover. The article discusses how some Universities provide continuing education classes on a plethora of topics. These courses can be quite affordable; essentially these classes would work on any budget.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/09/29/how-to-keep-employees-engaged-with-continuing-education/?s=trending#7440ddfe1365

Shocking report found that federal taxpayers spent $32 billion on college in 2009-2010, more than half of the students who enrolled dropped out without degrees after about four months . For-profit colleges slammed in Democratic Senate staff report. It says they are failing students and costing taxpayers too much. Republicans call the investigation biased. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/30/nation/la-na-forprofit-colleges-20120731

There is no constitutional right to a high-quality public education. Should there be? By Valerie Strauss -September 17 In 2004, Congress declared Sept. 17 as Constitution Day, a federal holiday that requires all schools that receive federal funding to offer some type of “educational program” on the Constitution, though it doesn’t define what that should be (and it doesn’t have consequences for those that don’t). The effort to establish the day was led by Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), who died in 2010. Why is the holiday on Sept. 17? It was the last session of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, during which the final version of the newly written Constitution was signed by 39 delegates. Though schools are charged with teaching the Constitution on this holiday (and presumably, on other days as well), public education is not mentioned in the document, with that responsibility left to the states. There is no federal right to a high-quality public education.The late