Suggests alternative support sources and marketing techniques for school districts whose adult education budgets were slashed by California's property tax cutting initiative, Proposition 13. (SJL)

A separate department of Fairfax County Schools, Virginia, administers a program for community use of educational facilities that involves 157 public school buildings on a year-round basis. Summarizes written policies and the accounting system and lists some of the program activities. (MLF)

The administrator of a high school equivalency program discusses the needs and preferences of returning adult students and suggests steps that the school can take to make these students feel comfortable on campus and in the classroom. (SJL)

This annotated bibliography focuses on topics relevant to developing practical applications for community schools--that is, for schools committed to broad community education and involvement. The 192 titles selected have been grouped under 10 characteristics of the ideal community school: (1) community-related curriculum, (2) involvement of…

The document provides a process model for a competency-based adult high school diploma program. Following an overview, the document is arranged into nine chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on starting such a program and gives suggestions for conducting needs assessment, setting up a planning group, implementing adult basic education awareness activities,…

Developed as part of a project aimed at providing information about adult learners to vocational faculty and administrators to help them develop teaching methods, curricula, and programs for adults in California's community colleges, this report focuses on issues and practices related to workforce development, adult vocational students, effective…

This manual provides Florida language arts curriculum frameworks for grades 9-12 and for adult basic education. Subject areas include: reading, semantics and logic, literature, journalism, mass media, speech, debate, writing, business English, and English as a second language. Each framework contains a header and four sections: (1) major…

This manual is intended specifically for new teachers who will be working with reentry or "hard-to-serve" adults. Introductory materials include general information for high school teachers who will incorporate this new, diverse population into the secondary classroom, descriptions of who these new adult students will be, and a discussion of…