Minnesota ABE
Recent Newsletter Articles
Call for Journeys Submissions! New this year: “Letters About Literature”
This fall, we invite your learners to share their voices and submit their original stories and art for publication in the 2020 edition of Journeys, which includes special theme "Letters About Literature" for the first time. Friday, December 6 is the deadline for this year’s submissions. The submission webform is now open! Read More
2019 ABE Awards
Literacy Action Network’s annual Adult Basic Education (ABE) award banquet was held the evening of August 15 as part of the MN ABE Summer Institute conference. Find out about our 2019 award recipients! Read More
Important Changes to Annual Volunteer Information Report
Learn about important new changes to the Annual Volunteer Information Report, and mark your calendar for the volunteer coordinator webinar on Thursday, June 27 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. to discuss the report. Read More
New DL Platforms
The number of accepted time-on-task proxy hour distance learning (DL) platforms has been growing rapidly, as practitioners identify and document resources that can benefit learners. Find out which platforms were approved recently. Read More
Join an Advisory Team and Help Guide Professional Development in MN ABE!
Do you like thinking about how we grow as professional educators in ABE? Three unique leadership opportunities are coming up for Minnesota ABE practitioners. Please consider joining the Language & Literacy, MN Numeracy Instruction, or Transitions Advisory Team! Read More
Register for 2019 Journeys Event!
Journeys Readings registration is now officially open for authors with written pieces in the 2019 edition. As in years past, student authors from this year’s publication will have a chance to read their piece at the event! Read More
Reader Registration Open for 2019 Journeys Event
The annual Journeys Readings event is coming up fast! This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at the Minnesota History Center. As in years past, student authors from this year’s publication will have a chance to read their piece at the event! Read More
2019 ABE Award Nominations Open
Every year Literacy Action Network honors teachers, students, managers, advocates, programs and projects working and succeeding in Adult Basic Education. Please consider submitting a nomination for someone or an organization you feel deserves this honor and acknowledgement! Read More
Honor Your Students, Volunteers and Community Partners with a Statewide Award!
We are excited to announce that nomination forms are open for the Minnesota Literacy Council’s annual ABE awards event! All nominations are due Friday, March 8, 2019. Read More
Journeys Anthology: Submissions due Friday, November 30!
“To be able to tell my story means a lot. It means learning. It means a lot of people are going to learn from my story and I am learning from other people’s story.” That’s’ what one ABE learner has to say about publishing his story in Journeys, published annually by the Minnesota Literacy Council. Read More