List Subscribers,

Welcome back to the first 2008 Thursday Resources!  I hope you had safe,
happy holidays with lots of time for friends and family.

I took the time to do a bit more wide-ranging browsing looking in some
news sources for articles having to do with workplace literacy, and you
will find some of those at the end of the more serious resources. They
are generally "feel good" human interest stories and a change of pace
from the first three resources listed. Enjoy!

Donna   

Donna Brian, Moderator, LINCS Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Off-list contact djgbrian at utk.edu

To post a message:
workplace at nifl.gov 

To subscribe/unsubscribe/change options/access archives:
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace 


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


>From The National Endowment for the Arts http://www.nea.gov/ 


"To Read or Not to Read"
To Read or Not To Read gathers and collates the best national data
available to
provide a reliable and comprehensive overview of American reading today.
While it incorporates some statistics from the National Endowment for
the
Arts' 2004 report, Reading at Risk, this new study contains vastly more
data from
numerous sources. Although most of this information is publicly
available, it has
never been assembled and analyzed as a whole. To our knowledge, To Read
or Not
To Read is the most complete and up-to-date report of the nation's
reading trends
and-perhaps most important-their considerable consequences.
http://www.nea.gov/research/ToRead.pdf  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 


>From CLASP (Center for Law and Social Policy) http://www.clasp.org/ 


"Strengthening State Adult Education Policies for Low-Skilled Workers"
This brief, prepared for the Working Poor Families Project(WPFP),
provides an overview of state adult education policies and programs and
recommends ways they can be strengthened to provide better job
advancement opportunities for lower-skilled adults and older youth. 
http://www.clasp.org/publications/policy_brief_-_adult_education__2_.pdf

 "Working Together: Aligning State Systems and Policies for Individual
and Regional Prosperity"
This paper asserts that the current systems are not working effectively
to produce the kinds of knowledge workers need for our new economy. The
paper examines state policy and system improvements that would enhance
the ability of workers to gain skills to advance to better jobs and the
ability of employers to find skilled workers.
http://www.workforcestrategy.org/publications/WSC_workingtogether_12.1.0
6_3.pdf 

 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 


>From the Providence Journal December 29, 2007  http://www.projo.com/ 

"For union leader, it's a labor of love"
http://www.projo.com/business/content/JO_LABORINST_12-30-07_TC8BEQQ_v17.
1a25214.html  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


>From the Jacksonville Daily Record, December 28, 2007

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com 
"'Retired' radio guy takes over Learn to Read"
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=49138  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

>From Financial Week, December 28, 2007 http://www.financialweek.com/ 

"Wanted: educated workforce for the U.S."
http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/REG/547
429361/1036 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~