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Adobe & World Education – Readability for All Partnership

World Education’s EdTech Center is working to improve the readability and accessibility of digital text for adult learners around the world with Adobe, Readability Matters, University of Central Florida and other partners. Our team supports the field testing of Adobe Acrobat Reader's new feature Liquid Mode in adult literacy programs across the US. Liquid Mode…


National College Transition Network (NCTN)

The National College Transition Network (NCTN) provides technical assistance and professional development services to community college, adult education, and workforce systems. NCTN designs accelerated career pathways, comprehensive student support services, and effective multi-stakeholder partnerships that help adults attain their educational and career goals and access greater economic opportunity.  Numerous state and federal agencies, philanthropic foundations, local educational…


CrowdEd Learning

The CrowdED Learning initiative began in 2017 as a startup nonprofit organization with the mission to increase awareness and use of open education resources (OER) within adult education. Merged into the EdTech Center in September 2020, it now serves as our core OER initiative and continues this mission through ongoing implementation and testing of products…


National Immigration Forum E-Learning Strategy

The National Immigration Forum's Skills and Opportunity for the New American Workforce initiative provides English language instruction for immigrants working in retail in Houston, Miami, and New York City. Classes are held at retail work sites right before or after shifts to encourage participation. The courses take a blended learning approach with 40% of instruction…


High School Equivalency Program for Out-of-School Migrant Youth

Migrant labor is fundamental to the U.S. economy. However, migrant youth are often invisible and highly mobile. This project was designed to address the needs of those out-of-school migrant youth residing in the New England area who want to earn a high-school equivalency. While New England states work hard to provide quality universal education for…


Networks for Integrating New Americans

Networks for Integrating New Americans was an innovative, national initiative that worked to position adult education programs as key contributors to local, multi-sector networks formed to advance immigrant integration. The initiative identified, strengthened, and documented place-based models of immigrant integration to: 1) improve immigrants’ access to effective and innovative English language programs; 2) support immigrants…


Propagating Promising Practices for Literacy and Workforce Development at Libraries

Public libraries are effective and welcoming community hubs for lifelong learning, digital inclusion, and economic equity. This project amplifies this role and expands access to adult learning, in partnership with the Providence, Chicago, and Los Angeles public libraries. We documented and disseminated three innovative, technology-enabled practices in place at those partner libraries: Learning Lounges, Mobile…


SABES Program Support Professional Development Center: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Through the SABES Program Support Professional Development Center’s (PSPDC) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative, we use our resources to forward the values of DEI, and importantly, to offer concrete and actionable strategies that help adult education (AE) programs become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning places for all staff and learners. As adult educators,…


SABES Program Support Professional Development Center: Career Pathways

The SABES Program Support Professional Development (PSPDC) Career Pathways team supports adult educators in developing effective career pathways programs and service delivery options that lead to greater employment and economic opportunities for all students. While the majority of Massachusetts adult education (AE) students are employed, most are in low-wage, poor-quality jobs without benefits, schedule stability,…


SABES Program Support Professional Development Center: Educational Leadership and Educator Effectiveness

At World Education, our Program Support Professional Development Center (PSPDC) Educational Leadership and Educator Effectiveness team understands that educational leadership makes a difference and has a significant correlation with high quality teaching and student achievement. Our professional development (PD) is designed to build the capacity of directors to cultivate an inclusive culture of shared ownership…


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World Education strives to build lasting relationships with partners across diverse geographic regions and technical sectors to produce better education outcomes for all.

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