1. New paper: The Case for Investment in Adult Basic Education
   (Michele Diecuch)

Congrats, Michele and team! Great to see Steve's research highlighted. I look forward to reading your paper. On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:00 PM, < members-request@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> wrote: > Send Members mailing list submissions to > members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/ > mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > members-request@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > members-owner@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Members digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New paper: The Case for Investment in Adult Basic Education > (Michele Diecuch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:30:19 +0000 > From: Michele Diecuch <mdiecuch@proliteracy.org> > To: "members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org" > <members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> > Cc: Kevin Morgan <kmorgan@proliteracy.org>, Michele Bellso > <MBellso@proliteracy.org> > Subject: [NCL Members] New paper: The Case for Investment in Adult > Basic Education > Message-ID: <ecf7a9c861bc43c3b3d78fe12c3cfe8e@PLMail.proliteracy.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello NCL members, > > > I'm pleased to share a new ProLiteracy white paper based on research > conducted by Dr. Stephen Reder, a longtime literacy researcher and > advocate. The Case for Investment in Adult Basic Education<https://www. > proliteracy.org/Resources/Need-for-Literacy-Research> provides > significant evidence that participation in adult basic skills programs has > a positive return on investment related to improving an adult's life. > > > > While this return on investment is well-known to many educators, it has > remained largely unknown to policy makers, funders, and the general public. > This research provides a strong case for the need for increased investment > in adult education through federal and state policies, private foundations, > and individual donors. > > > > We urge you to distribute and share the white paper widely through your > networks and to highlight the benefit of investment for adult literacy > education. Please use the following link: https://www.proliteracy.org/ > Resources/Need-for-Literacy-Research. On the website you will also find a > document to help you to use and distribute this report. > > > > Thank you, > > Michele Diecuch > > > MICHELE DIECUCH | Director of Programs > ________________________________ > ProLiteracy<http://www.proliteracy.org/> | 104 Marcellus St. | > Syracuse, NY 13204 > p 315.214.2576 | f 315.422.6369 | mdiecuch@proliteracy.org<mailto: > mdiecuch@proliteracy.org> > > Find us and follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook. > com/pages/ProLiteracy/59618669707> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/ > ProLitWorld>. > Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy.<http://www. > proliteracy.org/give> > >