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Facilitating 12 Math Groups Got You Feeling Down? Try a Little Coherence! (continued)

Facilitating 12 Math Groups Got You Feeling Down? Try a Little Coherence! (continued)

Our road to more coherent CCRS math instruction has not exactly followed the geometric definition of a line, but it has led us to much more coherent instruction for our students. Here are four big takeaways that will continue to inform our team’s journey. Read More

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

Could a brain injury be the cause of your student’s trouble with recall, fatigue or inappropriate behavior? Learn about symptoms of traumatic brain injury and strategies to improve recall for students. 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

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

Facilitating 12 Math Groups Got You Feeling Down? Try a Little Coherence!

Facilitating 12 Math Groups Got You Feeling Down? Try a Little Coherence!

Planning instruction in light of the CCRS shift of coherence poses some challenges but offers great rewards. Following from Part 1, this article is Part 2 of a series describing Metro North’s experience with piloting program changes to move toward more coherent math instruction. Read More

The Change Agent: Upcoming Webinar and Call for Articles

The Change Agent: Upcoming Webinar and Call for Articles

The Change Agent, a biannual magazine for adult educators and learners, is a low-cost teaching resource that features writings by adult learners and inspires adult educators and learners to make civic participation and social justice part of their teaching and learning. Read More

Free Citizenship Resources for Teachers and Programs

Free Citizenship Resources for Teachers and Programs

The Minnesota Literacy Council website offers a number of free resources to programs that are interesting in starting to offer citizenship classes at their site, whether classes are led by professional teachers or volunteers, in a formal classroom setting or one-on-one tutoring, or anything else in between. Read More

Creating Career Pathways for Adult Learners Within Our Own School Districts

Creating Career Pathways for Adult Learners Within Our Own School Districts

Many school districts have employment gaps, and Adult Basic Education has students who can fill those positions. In this article we learn from ABE programs that have established relationships within their districts to build win-win career pathway programs. Read More

New Disability Helpline

New Disability Helpline

Do you have a student who is not making level gains? Do you suspect your student may have a disability? Do you have concerns about student learning challenges? Do you need adaptive equipment for a student? Introducing PANDA’s new easy-to-use online checklist, the Disability Helpline! Read More

Top Ten​ Considerations When Selecting Technology Tools for the Non-Traditional Classroom

Top Ten​ Considerations When Selecting Technology Tools for the Non-Traditional Classroom

Selecting technology tools for the classroom can be challenging. In today’s technology-driven world there are countless options and tech tools that ​could ​be implemented in the classroom. So how do you select the best options for ​your ​students and ​your ​classroom? Read More