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A few months ago, we attended the  Grantmakers for Education  Annual Conference in Washington DC. Under the theme,  Equity in ... opportunities for funders working at the intersection of immigration status, language, culture, and education for children and youth and ...
February 26, 2018
Commentary
How Education Funders Can Support Immigrant Children and Families
February, 2007
Report
Immigrant Integration Toolkit
... Adult Community Learning, Division of Adult and Continuing Education (ACE), LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Moderator ...
June 11, 2019
Webinar
Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative Workforce Approaches
... by a marked increase in xenophobic rhetoric, stepped up immigration enforcement activities, and other policy developments that effect ...
May 30, 2018
Regional Briefing
Philanthropic Briefing: Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Students and Families in a Changing Policy Environment
July, 2017
Funding Recommendations
What Philanthropy Can Do: Supporting Immigrants and Refugees in Volatile Times
... Other Languages (ESOL) classes provided through state adult education systems have been the primary means of meeting English acquisition ... systems meet only a fraction of the total need for all adult education services—less than 4 percent nationally. They also face serious ...
October, 2018
Issue Brief
English Plus Integration: Shifting the Instructional Paradigm for Immigrant Adult Learners to Support Integration Success
... Despite the highly polarized nature of federal immigration policy debates, most agree that once immigrants are admitted to the ... economic, and social life of their new communities. Adult education services offered through a federal-state partnership system are ...
October 11, 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
Skills to Survive or Thrive? Shifting the Paradigm for Immigrant Adult Learners From Survival English to Integration Success
... Childhood Funders' Collaborative Grantmakers for Education GCIR   Speakers Marisol Aviña, Program ... and Communities: Actions for PreK-12 Schools and Higher Education , GCIR Registration Registration for this program is now ...
September 8, 2017
Webinar
Welcome Back to School? How Funders Can Help Foster Safe and Inclusive Environments for All
... training costs by launching partnerships between adult education organizations and Career and Technical Education (CTE) providers. That’s the message of National Skills ... Act (WIOA) to improve alignment between the adult education and CTE systems. Their work has been supported by officials from the ...
January, 2019
Issue Brief
Better Together: How adult ed/CTE collaborations benefit workers and businesses
... serving institutions (MSIs) play an integral role in the education of students from low-income families and communities of color where ... of students and reinforce the value proposition of higher education as a path to greater prosperity for individuals, families, and whole ...
January, 2018
Report
Minority Serving Institutions as Engines of Upward Mobility