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Articles in November, 2004 issue of Report on Literacy Programs

• Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
• The NCES Data Handbooks are a Web tool that provide guidance to help educators and staff be consistent in data definitions and maintenance of education data.(Resources)(National Center for Education Statistics )(Brief Article)
• New address.(The Workforce Alliance)(Brief Article)
• Teacher of the year.(Brief Article)
• Other states plan anti-immigrant moves based on passage of Ariz. Prop 200.(Brief Article)
• A pocket guide to the No Child Left Behind Act gives information and budget facts on key aspects of the education reform law, including Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students, Helping All Children Learn to Read and Desc
• The changes begin.(Slants & Trends)
• Foreign language group.(Brief Article)
• Maine program would boost education, job training through two-year schools.(Brief Article)
• Arizona education department mandates teacher training on English immersion.(Brief Article)
• Mission not accomplished.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
• Head start research.(Grant Awards)(Brief Article)
• Latino turnout.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
• High school dropouts.(Brief Article)
• VALUE board members.
• Early gains.(Brief Article)
• Pennsylvania groups to tackle major health literacy projects.
• Community involvement.(Brief Article)
• Early head start.(Grant Opportunities)
• New content is being incorporated into Class-works, a K-12 reading and math curriculum, for English Language Learners and ESL students.(Resources)(Brief Article)
• Search for new NIFL director stalls; literacy community grows anxious.(National Institute for Literacy)
• Minimum wage raised in two states; voters pass education ballot issues.
• Post-election, literacy community is cautiously optimistic about future.
• New tax law could hurt charitable donations to nonprofit groups.(Brief Article)
• Pilot project gets under way for personal reemployment accounts.(Brief Article)
• Even Start survives, community college initiative is funded in FY05 omnibus bill.(United States)
• Immigrants fearful of fallout from Ariz. voter passage of prop 200.
• Federal government should take lead role on financial literacy.(Brief Article)
• Verizon literacy.(Grant Awards)(Brief Article)
• New literacy assessment to test information technology skills.
• Financial literacy.(Brief Article)
• CAAL presentation to highlight next literacy coalition meeting.(Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy)(Brief Article)
• Fire safety campaign launched for adults with low literacy.(Brief Article)
• Literacy fundraiser.(Grant Opportunities)(Brief Article)
• Literacy award nominations.
• Program teaches literacy, life skills to ex-prisoners re-entering society.
• Library cuts.(Brief Article)
• New face at ed.(Department of Education)(Brief Article)
• Action on literacy-related programs awaits return of lame duck Congress.(Brief Article)
• Working Together: creating market-responsive workforce solutions is a CD developed by the Chamber of Commerce and American Association of Community Colleges to help businesses, community colleges and workforce professionals build community college capacit
• New center opens with federal funds to help states build ESL capacity.(Center for Adult English Language Acquisition)(Brief Article)
• Online TABE assessment.(Tests for Adult Basic Education)(Brief Article)
• Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
• Partnerships make adult literacy 'shine' in Oregon, analysis finds.