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Download full textMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1993
This publication, which is based on the experiences gained in a workplace literacy program for learning-disabled workers at a paper factory in Massachusetts, is designed as a beginners' guide to identifying and addressing issues of learning disabilities in the adult education classroom. Section 1 defines the term "learning disability,"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Classroom Techniques
Stein, Sondra G. – 1989
The Massachusetts Workplace Education Initiative was established in 1986 to create 6 model workplace literacy education programs and later expanded, with state and federal funding, to more than 20 programs at over 40 worksites. The initiative was developed in response to the growing recognition of functional illiteracy in an increasingly complex…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Federal Aid, Inplant Programs, Labor Education
Chynoweth, Judith K. – 1989
This document reports how the Council of State Policy and Planning Agencies (CSPA) Academy process helped nine states develop workplace literacy initiatives involving their governors' offices, the Job Training Partnership Act system, and the educational system. The states were Florida, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Change Agents
