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An example of immigrant integration in action at San Mateo Adult School , a K-12 Adult School: New San Mateo Program Educates Immigrants About Local Government News Desk, March 19th, 2018 From the City of San Mateo : A diverse group of immigrants are getting an exclusive look at critical city services as part of the new English as a Second Language (ESL) City Government Academy. The City of San Mateo, in partnership with the San Mateo Adult School of the San Mateo Union High School District, recently launched the program to educate this new segment of the community about how local government works and to empower them to be able to access available resources and programs provided by the City. This first class of 25 students hail from 10 different countries. The four-month program, which began in January, aims to expand participants' awareness of local government, and increase civic engagement, leadership and volunteerism. "Our key goal is for participants to feel empowered an...

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...