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Articles in March, 2006 issue of Report on Literacy Programs

• New ACTE board.(Briefly Noted)(Association for Career and Technical Education)(Brief article)
• Work-based training.(Funding Opportunities)
• Community planning.(Federal Register)
• Employment project.(Federal Register)
• Keller moves up.(Slants & Trends)
• Foreign language assistance.(Federal Register)(Brief article)
• Lawsuit challenges welfare law, claims different measures passed.(Brief article)
• States are working to raise levels of literary reading, governors report.
• Migrant education.(Funding Opportunities)
• Income eligibility.(Federal Register)(for Head Start programs)
• Head start guide.(Resources)
• Community college pipeline.(Briefly Noted)
• Corporate giving makes tremendous difference to adult literacy programs.
• Multilingual driver exams.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
• Head start enrollment.(Brief article)
• Governors name TANF Task Force.
• Escaping poverty.(Funding Opportunities)
• School-to-work.(Resources)(The Bridge to Employment Initiative: A Decade of Promising School-to-Career Partnerships)
• Striving readers.
• Native languages.(Briefly Noted)
• Adult literacy leaders plan push for increased funding in FY07 budget.
• Walk a mile.(Funding Opportunities)
• Workforce Security.(Federal Register)
• Child care subsidies.(Federal Register)
• Minimum wage.(Slants & Trends)
• Mentoring.(Federal Register)(Brief article)
• Survey answers question: what's hot, what's not in literacy circles.
• Costs from 2004 high school dropouts exceed $3.25 million in lost wages, taxes.
• College migrant program.(Funding Opportunities)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Minimum wage.
• Next on NAAL.(Slants & Trends)
• More support for pre-K programs would boost workforce, economy.
• Early reading first.(Funding Opportunities)(Brief article)
• Graduating high school seniors lack reading skills needed to succeed.(Brief article)
• Senate adds $7 billion for education, training in FY07 budget resolution.
• High school equivalency.(Funding Opportunities)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• On the move.(Sally Stroup to be deputy staff director for the House Education and Workforce Committee)(Brief article)
• English language learners being left behind, study of Ariz. students shows.(Brief article)
• Federal adult literacy group aims for better coordination across agencies.
• ED offers guidance on funding for even start projects in mid-stream.