For your easy reference...What I think we need to think about with this administration is how to respond to the bogus suggestion here that the cuts to progams like adult ed are necessary in order to make additional national security investments. Perhaps this is where CEF and other advocates can be helpful.IMO this argument is an insult to your intelligence as adult education advocates and should be treated as such. Jeff
            
        
    
    

Jeff that is an excellent point.

We might also want to underscore the point that literacy is key to a healthy democratic republic and hence a vital part of any national security agenda.

Of course we should be careful not to add any credibility to the case for increased national security in the context of this administration’s plans for it.

Clearly a carefully  crafted response and case for adult education will be vital to our efforts.

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For your easy reference...

What I think we need to think about with this administration is how to respond to the bogus suggestion here that the cuts to progams like adult ed are necessary in order to make additional national security investments. Perhaps this is where CEF and other advocates can be helpful.

IMO this argument is an insult to your intelligence as adult education advocates and should be treated as such.

Jeff