CAAL E-News Issue 25 Feb. 2012

In This Issue:

• Low Literacy Means Lower Earnings, Especially for Women
• extend federal unemployment insurance benefits without barriers
• Education Week includes a lengthy article titled States Shake Up Adult Education to Help Low-Skilled Workers.
• Adult Education Funding Levels and Enrollment: State and Federal Funding Woes Spell Trouble for Low-Skilled Students Seeking Further Education
• CAAL sent a letter to Senator Tom Harkin in response to the Rebuilding the Middle Class talk he gave at the Center for American Progress on February 1st
• The Migration Policy Institute is open to applications for its fourth year of E Pluribus Unum Prizes.

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