We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
President Biden’s first Executive Order 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government supports a comprehensive approach to advancing equity through federal policy and investment. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act reauthorization is an opportunity to fully implement the equity levers inside the U.S. adult education and workforce development system. The stated…
At the 2017 IDEAL Consortium Institute, ABE state leaders who support development and implementation of distance and blended learning in adult education tackled a series of questions. World Education EdTech Center staff and a representative from Aztec Software facilitated group discussions on the following themes: 1) Using technology to reach new learners, 2) Using technology…
This document highlights the progress and successes of World Education’s programs in Laos in 2016. The programs highlighted include the UXO Education and Awareness project, Resilient Livelihoods for the Poor project, and the Training, Economic Empowerment, Assistive Technology and Medical Rehabilitation (TEAM) project. World Education, 2017.
In early 2015 World Education/Cambodia launched a new phase in its Youth on the Move project. Working in Prey Veng province, an area of Cambodia where the high rate of school drop-out is due in part to youth leaving school to migrate, Youth on the Move is working to revitalize Student Councils and clubs. In…
The National College Transition Network and National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) collaborated to create Mapping Your Financial Journey: Helping Adults Plan for College. The publication is geared towards financial planning for adult students intending to go to college. Adult learners identify financial concerns as their greatest barrier to college. Mapping Your Financial Journey is…
In celebration of National Welcoming Week, September 12-20, Welcoming America and World Education, Inc. have put together a free Instructors’ Toolkit for Building Bridges Across Communities. The toolkit is designed for adult educators who are interested in building more welcoming classrooms and communities by finding commonalities and celebrating values that unite us. The toolkit consists…
Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE & ESOL Classroom is a ready-to-use, flexible curriculum that prepares adult educators to incorporate career awareness and planning into their instructional and counseling activities. The lessons and handouts can be adapted for a range of students and skill levels. This curriculum was developed by the Massachusetts System for Adult…
Assessments of digital literacy skills can come in various forms and serve different purposes: self-assessments and inventories; performance- or competency-based assessments; and formative, summative, or diagnostic assessments. Beyond informing instruction, assessment and associated skills validation (e.g. badges, certificates, micro-credentials, and credentials) can help learners communicate their digital skills to current and future employers, thus creating…
Assessments have the potential to be powerful tools for supporting the development of digital resilience. The Digital Resilience in the American Workforce project's landscape scan revealed a need for better understanding of existing assessments and how to use them, as well as new, asset-based assessments that measure digital resilience. An aligned and strategic approach to assessment…
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