Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h8AKve720564; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:57:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:57:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100304bb853e92798f@[128.148.147.35]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9471] Expanding Employment Prospects for Adults with Limited English X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1389 Lines: 33 Colleagues, FYI a resource from Moving Ideas News for 2003-09-04 to 2003-09-10 http://movingideas.c.tclk.net/maabqTuaa0pCeb44rKKb/ For an html version of the newsletter, with a clickable table of contents, go to http://movingideas.c.tclk.net/maabqTuaa0oCYb44rKKb/ [ To subscribe to Moving Ideas News, send an email to movingideas@topica.email-publisher.com with "subscribe" in the message body, or visit our homepage, http://movingideas.c.tclk.net/maabqTuaa0oC4b44rKKb/] -------------------------------------------------------------- "The Language of Opportunity: Expanding Employment Prospects for Adults with Limited English Skills" From: CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY Heide Spruck Wrigley, Elise Richer, Karin Martinson, Hitomi Kubo, and Julie Strawn This report describes the demographics and economic circumstances of low-income adults with limited English proficiency (LEP) as well as the language and job training services available to them. The authors summarize lessons from scientific evaluation research on employment programs for low-skilled adults and provide recommendations for policy and practice that would increase opportunities for LEP adults to gain access to higher-paying jobs. The appendix includes profiles of several programs that are successfully training and working with LEP adults. http://movingideas.c.tclk.net/maabqTuaa0pCpb44rKKb/
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