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Destabilization leads to problems. Destabilization makes an individual, a group, or an institution vulnerable to disease, infiltration, attack, and at worst, death or extinction. Stabilization not only keeps the individual, group or institution strong, it enables the individual, group or institution to provide shelter, support, and sustenance to others.  Help or harm - in domino effect. Hit the "read more" link to see how that plays out in Berkeley. All K12 Adult Schools have been destabilized since Governor Schwartzenegger flexed their funding in 2009. This has led to over 70 Adult Schools closing and all of them shrinking.  There is now a Charter Adult School in the Sacramento Area.  And private enterprises consider Adult Education a prime market to enter and expand.  "While adult education has long been a “hidden” market, its programs often “shoved off in a corner,” all that seems to be changing, says to Pearson SVP Jason Jordan. “Suddenly it’s becoming a much mor...

From the December 12 "Inside CFT" e-newsletter: CFT fights for Adult Educators facing uncertain future Adult educators across the state face an uncertain future.  The Local Control Funding Formula eliminated funding for adult education, and districts are only required to fund it through the end of this school year.  AB 86 legislation created new structures to fund adult ed in both K-12 and community colleges, but the process currently leaves teachers and students with more questions than answers.  The committees formed to answer those questions excluded educators, staff and students from the beginning. Hit the "read more" link to learn more. After more than a year of lobbying and organizing, the statewide workgroup overseeing this process has finally been expanded to include representatives of teachers and staff.  The workgroup now includes Jack Carroll, a long-time adult educator and CFT member from the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers.  CFT and our labor p...

The always chock full of facts and insight Save Your Adult School Blog has a new series on Community Colleges and Adult Schools:  How They Work and Who Does What. The series is a must-read. For that reason, I'm providing links to post in the series and a few pull-out quotes here.  I urge you to read the series in full.  (As posts are added to the series, I will add links here.) Part 1   The Community Colleges Credit and Noncredit Programs . "The “Ending California’s Public Adult Education…” presentation is well worth reading, as it explains why the noncredit/adult school model is under attack. While the model welcomes all students, it is particularly helpful for adults who are not only busy, but dealing with the stresses of poverty. In this type of class, students who had little formal schooling as children or never did well in the traditional school system find a home and begin to fulfill their potential. But with no grades, no credentials or degrees, no ...