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Political & Economic Literacy

Political & Economic Literacy ABE’S CHANGING POLICY LANDSCAPE Political & Economic f one of the main goals of Adult Basic with legislators at the State House. Students at Vermont Education (ABE) programs is to enable Adult Learning organized-with help from staff-a students to gain control over their lives, statewide student congress with workshops on public then political and economic literacy speaking and the like, to which all state legislators WR should be integrated into instruction and staff develop invited. Students at The Literacy Project in Massachusetts ment. The lives of ABE students m profoundly affected have been advocating for public transportation in their by economic and political forces of which they m poorly rural community for hvo yem now Hundreds of Massa- informed and have little oppomnity to influence. kgal chusetts leamels circulated petitions to increase funding immigrants m in jeopardy of losing basic benefits, which for ABE, and about 200 of them turned out for a rally at their own tax dollm support. Welfm reform threatens to the State House steps in pouring rain. In these examples, cut accm to any meaningful ABE or ESOL education. The students developed their reading, writing, and public flat tax pmpcd will further widen the gap http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Political & Economic Literacy

Ellison, Art; Kallenbach, Silja
Adult Learning , Volume 7 (5): 2 – May 1, 1996
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SAGE
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© 1996 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
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1045-1595
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2162-4070
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10.1177/104515959600700519
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ABE’S CHANGING POLICY LANDSCAPE Political & Economic f one of the main goals of Adult Basic with legislators at the State House. Students at Vermont Education (ABE) programs is to enable Adult Learning organized-with help from staff-a students to gain control over their lives, statewide student congress with workshops on public then political and economic literacy speaking and the like, to which all state legislators WR should be integrated into instruction and staff develop invited. Students at The Literacy Project in Massachusetts ment. The lives of ABE students m profoundly affected have been advocating for public transportation in their by economic and political forces of which they m poorly rural community for hvo yem now Hundreds of Massa- informed and have little oppomnity to influence. kgal chusetts leamels circulated petitions to increase funding immigrants m in jeopardy of losing basic benefits, which for ABE, and about 200 of them turned out for a rally at their own tax dollm support. Welfm reform threatens to the State House steps in pouring rain. In these examples, cut accm to any meaningful ABE or ESOL education. The students developed their reading, writing, and public flat tax pmpcd will further widen the gap

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Published: May 1, 1996

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