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Thanks to the work of the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, we have this map: http://dornsife.usc.edu/csii/eligible-to-naturalize-map/ Via this map, we can see, in counties or regions, how many immigrants are eligible to become naturalized citizens - and their native country - and how their naturalization would increase the number of eligible voters in their district. Providing citizenship classes is part of the mission of Adult Education in California. Given what's happened to Adult Ed since the Big Crash of 2009 and how underfunded it remains, how available are citizenship classes in any given area?  How about in the areas of greatest need?  Or the areas where their citizenship would have the greatest impact in terms of civic engagement and voting? Inadequate funding for Adult Ed = Inadequate access for citizenship classes. If eligible immigrants could find a class and became citizens, how would that affect voting patterns - wins and losses - where they lived? T...

On October 15th and 16th, I attended the 4th Network for Public Education Conference , held this year in Oakland, CA, along with two Adult Learners, Critina Munoz-Ulrich and Denise Carrasco, an Adult School teachers, Kristen Pursley, and an Adult Education supporter (and retired community college instructor), George Pursley.  This was my third NPE Conference, having attended the first one in Austin, Texas in 2014 and presented along with Kristen Pursley and Bruce Neuburger at the second one in 2015 in Chicago. George, Cristina, Denise, Kristen, Cynthia (myself) As always, there is much to learn from, share, and digest from the conference.  I plan to slowly share some of what I learned in this blog and to post some writings from others who attended.  Videos from some of the conferences will be posted on the NPE website soon. Adult Education is part of Public Education - but sometimes it feels as if we are seated at the "kid's table."   In truth, we are not only at th...