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In mid January, CFT Local 4681 of San Mateo Adult School wrote and passed a resolution about Adult Education.  You can the Local 4681 resolution in full here .   Local 4681 then took their resolution, titled, "Resolution to Ensure that Adult Education Exists in Best and Fullest Capacity" to the CFT Adult Education Commission on January 23rd.   The Adult Education Commission considered it, made some alterations to it - primarily shortening it - kept the same title, and then passed it. CFT Adult Education Commission members at their January 23rd, 2016 meeting. Chair Jack Carroll is in the center bac.  Lily Adlawan, center front, is the Local 4681 member who brought the resolution to the meeting. Kathy Jasper, in the red Adult Education Matters t-shirt, is an AEC member and also a CFT Vice President in the CFT State Executive Council. Both resolutions - different with the same name and the same intention - were submitted to the CFT 2016 State Convention ...

From left to right: Bruce Neuberger, George & Kristen Pursley, Cynthia Eagleton At the 2015 Network for Public Education Conference in Chicago , Kristen Pursley, Bruce Neuberger, and I presented a panel entitled, "The Battle for Adult Education." The Conference was deep and powerful.  The keynote speeches and several workshops are available to view online  - and I highly recommend that you do so.  Cuts and reform in California Adult Education are part of a larger puzzle affecting every piece of Public Education in the US.  To understand what is happening in Adult Education in California - and to influence it in a positive direction - we need to understand what is happening elsewhere. Understandably, that can be overwhelming.  But taking the time to watch a few videos, read an article, or follow grassroots organization like K12 News Network  or bloggers like Edushyster or  The Jose Vilson  or Cloaking Inequality on s...

It's Spring - and that means conferences and conventions and legislative hearings and meetings and lots of talk about budget leading up to July 1st, 2015, the start of a new fiscal year and a new era for Adult Education in California. Each event has its own focus.  Every event is a chance to connect with and learn from others.  Here's what's happening in the world of Adult Ed Spring 2015 along with my notes about how the event connects with advocacy for Adult Ed. 1.  CCAE Bay Section Conference February 28 in Berkeley , Northern California.   State Senator Loni Hancock and Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will speak.  There will be a variety of valuable workshops, including a SMAS  presentation on The Power of Student Leadership.  The Conference will be held at Berkeley Adult School which  recently faced the possibility of being uprooted or decentralized .  This brings home the truth we are still in the process of stabilizing A...