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Education - Literacy
Fall River Pathways to Literacy The Literacy Center - 80 North Main Street, Attleboro, MA 02073 Contact: Ruth Foley, Educational Counselor Tel:(508) 226-3603 x 11 Email: ruthfoley@TheLiteracyCenter.com The Literacy Program of Greater Plymouth - 132 South Street – Plymouth, MA USA 02360 Tel: 508.830.4260 Email: plymouthlit@adelphia.net Scituate Education Alliance Cape Cod Literacy Council - Hyannis: 508-778-2221 Falmouth: 508-548-0151, ext 135 Martha's Vineyard Literacy Volunteers (MVLV) - c/o Vineyard Haven Library, RFD 139A, Vineyard Haven 02568 508-696-4211. President, Debbie MacInnis, 508 627-1373. Provides tutor training & one-to-one tutoring in basic reading and ESL. Worker/Workplace EducationWorkers' Education Program - 1204 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Tel: (508) 999-4047. ESOL & GED UNITE/UMass Dartmouth Workers' Education Program - 139 South Main Street, Fall River, MA Tel: (508) 264-7615. MA Migrant Education Program - Taunton State Hospital, Gifford Bldg., Rm. 252, 60 Hodges Ave, P.O. Box 351, Taunton, MA 02780 Tel:508-824-7588 Fax:508-824-0363. Provides supplementary education services to migrant children, i.e., children of migratory workers. Serves the New Bedford area. ResourcesThe Change Agent - a semi-annual newspaper bringing social justice issues to adult education Workplays - a video and accompanying workbook, takes a problem-posing approach to workplace rights and is suitable for intermediate level ESOLor beginning level ABE students. The video contains five units: safetyand health, workers’ compensation, discrimination (including sexualharassment) belonging to a union, and other rights. Each unit presents very short scenarios (2-3 minutes) in the manner of a “soap opera,” and a fact sheet presentation. The scenarios are designed as problem posingskits for students to discuss. The accompanying workbook includes allscripts for the scenarios as well as language development activities andfact sheets. Teachers can easily select some of the scenarios that are mostappropriate to their students; it is not necessary to use the complete 50 minutes. Labor Education Center, UMass Dartmouth. Workplace Literacy Programs for Nonnative English Speakers - from the National Center for ESL Literacy Education Workplace Educator Training Manual - available from Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable An Introduction to ESL in the Workplace - a two-session train-the-trainer workshop.Through a series of activities, handouts, and transparencies, the module identifies the unique characteristics of Workplace ESL and examines the various stages of planning, implementing, and evaluating workplace ESL programs. The module also includes a readiness guide for programs to complete before starting a Workplace ESL program. Popular EducationThe Popular Education News - online newsletter. Connecting popular and community-based educators and activists to resources for improving educational work in social movements against oppression and for democracy, sustainability, social justice, and peace and building an information database about popular education resources one month at a time The Popular Education and Community Organizing Collection Annotated Bibliography School ReformThe Massachusetts Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (MassCARE)
- a growing statewide organization of parents, educators, students and other concerned residents of Massachusetts who are working to ensure that all students have a fair chance to receive a high-quality public education.
They also organize against the MCAS. Chapters in SE Mass include:
New Bedford Brockton Cape Cod Dighton/Rehoboth Fairhaven Fall River Falmouth Cape Codders Against the MCAS
Make it LocalStudents Against Testing - a nationwide network of young people who resist high stakes standardized testing and support real-life learning. Sudbury Education Resource Network - Supporting Sudbury model schools and expanding understanding of the sudbury model of education, incorporating 'Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Trust' and 'Responsibility' implemented in democratically run schools where children direct their own education. StatewideThe Institute for People's Education and Action - seeks to identify, support, and facilitate community-based, learner-led education as a strategic tool for community organizing and democratic social change. See also: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing's Assessment Reform Network - a national project created to support parents, teachers, students and others who are working to end the overuse and misuse of standardized testing in public education and to promote authentic forms of assessment. ResourcesA Proposed School Council Resolution against the MCAS Rethinking Schools Online - online journal. In addition to their quarterly Journal, Rethinking Schools offers a number of longer-format publications on critical topics in school reform on their "Publications" page as well as an online Resource directory. The Education Revolution - website of Alternative Education Resource Organization, a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education. Offers a free e-newsletter as well as a print magazine and an annual conference. |
