National Coalition for Literacy

—A guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

By Sean Abajian

On Tuesday, March 13, and for the second time this year, the LAUSD presented an Interim Financial Report stating that the District will end the 2011-2012 school year with reserves of over $700 Million (pg. 51 of 92 in the Scribbd.com document linked above). $707 million represents almost…

—An inspiring story of how English language learning, parental involvement, basic and higher education, and civic engagement transforms lives and communities. This is a guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

Background: Martha Sanchez is a former adult ESL student, adult school graduate, and activist who led an environmental justice campaign resulting in the closing of Palace Plating. Adjacent to the 28^th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, this

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—A Weekly Education and Advocacy Update

By Washington Partners with Jackie Taylor

The Senate found itself “home alone” again last week as the House of Representatives was out of town for a week-long district work period.  In their absence, a surprising level of at least nominally bipartisan activity took place.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) came to agreement on approving 17 federal judges whose nominations had been languishing for months.  The Senate also passed a two year transportation bill that now goes to the House…

—A guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

By Robert D. Skeels

“I’m an adult ed teacher, and I just want to say thanks to those of you outside of adult ed who understand the importance of what we do, and are willing to stand with us as we fight to survive this year. When I go back to work tomorrow morning and greet my

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—A guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

By Blanca Perez, President, & Evelyn Escalante, Vice President, United Adult Students

In our experience as president and vice president of United Adult Students, we have had the privilege to organize our community in which approximately 350,000 students would be impacted if the proposed elimination of adult education by the LAUSD Board…

—A guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

By Jose Lara, Social Justice Educator, Community Organizer, United Teachers Los Angeles

With the top 1% in full control of education policy and responsible for creating a financial crisis that is defunding our schools and eliminating essential programs such as Adult Education and Early Childhood Education, we must join together as the 99%. We must take back control…

—A guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

By Matthew Kogan, Chair, Adult Education United Teachers Los Angeles

In response to projected budget deficit for 2012-13 in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Superintendent John Deasy proposed a fiscal stabilization plan that would eliminate its adult education program serving 350,000 students.

It appeared that a majority of the LAUSD school board supported the elimination…

—A guest blog article in the discussion series on Cut the Excuses, Not Education! How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

The National Coalition for Literacy interviewed Sean Abajian, a campaign organizer from SaveAdultEd.org, to get the big picture on what happened and what advocates were doing to save adult education in Los Angeles, CA. Our questions and Sean’s responses follow.

Tell us a little bit about the adult education program in L.A. and the literacy rates…

—How SaveAdultEd.org Is Fighting the Proposal to Eliminate Adult Education in L.A.

UPDATED 3-23-12

Guest Blog Discussion Series:  March, 2012

Join us March 5-23 on the NCL Advocacy Blog where several organizers from the SaveAdultEd.org campaign will blog about their experiences in organizing and galvanizing one of the largest local grassroots responses for adult education in recent years. You will have the opportunity to interact with our guests, add your voice…