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Let’s Get Together!
Teachers, tutors, trainers, librarians, and others will gather for a morning of conversation and learning in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. Raffle prizes and lunch will be provided. Bring at least 40...
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Akron: The Right Size
Visiting Akron this weekend and saw the historic St Thomas Hospital where AA was founded (in its current form). Drove from one side of the city to the other: hospitals, bank HQs, minor league...
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Write On Books: Top 5 Learning Skills
Why do I insist on buying my own books? Because I can do this to them: I don’t just read a book: I digest it. I flip down the corners of pages to remember, look up things I don’t know, and talk about...
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Obituary for Even Start?
Family literacy was a passion of First Lady Barbara Bush, but federal funding for Even Start was a casualty of the FY2011 budget cuts. Update since May 2011: Congress has de-authorized the program,...
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Invest in Early Childhood Education
My sons are about to start part time at child care/pre-school. Though a part of me dies at the thought of dropping them off for the day, the research on early childhood education is very convincing....
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Badges: Can Learning Be As Addictive As Gaming?
I have previously written about how Khan Academy has created a motivating, free learning environment by tapping into our innate desire to earn points and badges. Thanks to Mozilla and the MacArthur...
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AmeriCorps Week Service in Ohio City
Reblogged from NEO Literacy Corps: I am so proud of our NEO Literacy Corps Team who served together (despite intermittent rain) to clean up the yard of an Ohio City resident. This older Ohio City...
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Intro to Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Cleveland
On Thursday I went to the free Kickstarter Cleveland event co-sponsored by Cleveland Partnership for Arts & Culture and the Foundation Center Cleveland. The session was led by Kickstarter’s...
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Available Now! Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book
Well, Farrell Scholars, the day has finally arrived. You can now order Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book, due out in April exclusively from New Readers Press. Pre-order by April 30, 2013...
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Resources for Teaching Tech for the GED® Test
Computer-based GED® testing has already arrived in many states. Starting January 2, 2014, the new version of the GED® test will only be delivered on computers-though still only at official GED® testing...
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Better seeing what we don't see as we teach
Reblogged from Granted, and...: When Stanford Professor Lee Shulman was first enmeshed in the research that led to Board certification of teachers by NBPTS, I asked him – in a hotel bathroom, of all...
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Clark University Targets AmeriCorps Experience, Offers Over $500,000 in...
Reblogged from A Lifetime Of Service: Clark University is a small, academically innovative institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts—the heart of New England. It offers a personalized,...
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Apologies: Strange Code Fixed
Earlier this week I sent you a link to a guide on developing a library-based adult literacy program. Unfortunately, when I clicked “Publish,” 18,000 additional words of code from my Evernote browser...
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Donate WIC Food During the Shut Down
it’s peanut butter, honey by flickr user brennemans One lesson I learned well in my early years as a volunteer adult literacy tutor is that people cannot learn if they are hungry. One solution to that...
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Bloomingdale, IL: Exciting Strategies to Teach 2014 GED Test Preparation
I’m heading to the windy city for the Illinois Northern Region Adult Education Conference! Come stop by the New Readers Press booth and say hello. Want the book? You can order Teaching Adults: A 2014...
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Grow FRESH CAMP on KICKSTARTER today!
What’s FRESH in Cleveland? Green vegetables from community gardens, young artists laying positive rhymes over hip hop beats, and an accomplished mentor to guide them. You don’t even have to be from the...
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Three Ways to Become a Consultant and Get Back in the Workforce
Hey, Meagen, I want to start working again. But I have a big gap in my resume due to [enter life changing event here: children, divorce, homelessness, illness, incarceration, etc]! I’ve put my resume...
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Warning: Last Post Was Hacked
Today WordPress published a post using this blog that I did not authorize. Do NOT click on the link. The post has already been deleted and I am taking further precautions to secure this account. I hope...
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Argument – the Core of the Common Core – and a clarifying example
farrellink:If there’s one thing adult education students NEED to know about the new 2014 High School Equivalency Tests, it’s this: You have to evaluate and support ARGUMENTS based on evidence, not just...
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Top 18 FREE Websites for Workforce and GED® Test Prep
Warning: Once you start clicking these links, you may be amazed at what you find! This list is not offered in any particular order of importance or quality, and without comment. I offer it to you as a...
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