New York, NY, 5:00 PM -- WORKPLACE EDUCATION: TWENTY STATE  
PERSPECTIVES, a paper prepared by education consultant James T.  
Parker for the National Commission on Adult Literacy, was released  
today. This Policy Brief was prepared for the Commission's third  
meeting on August 20, 2007 by education consultant James Parker  
(formerly of the U.S. Department of Education). It describes various  
aspects of current workplace education programs in 20 states: AR, CA,  
CT, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MN, MS, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WV,  
and WI. It examines how the programs are funded; the level of effort  
in each case for the past two years; connections, partnerships, and/ 
or strategic plans implemented by workplace education programs; how  
states measure outcomes or determine success; the nature of workplace  
education outcomes achieved; challenges or barriers faced by the  
states; what the states consider to be the key elements of success in  
their workplace education efforts, and (8) what future policy options  
the states would like to consider. One section of the paper presents  
seven policy options from the author's perspective. In an appendix to  
the study, state profiles are given for the 20 states included.  The  
document is available from the Commission website: http:// 
www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/pandp.html.