Great new books and research are being written all the time. Check out some recommended reading! Categories include: Leadership, College & Career Readiness, Classroom Engagement & Learning, and Tech Stuff & Remote Teaching.
Meeting Wise: Making the most of collaborative time for educators Authors: Kathryn Parker Boudett & Elizabeth City
Data Wise: A step-by-step guide to using assessment results to improve teaching and learning Authors: Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth City, & Richard Murnane.
Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success Authors: McNair, et al.
Do the Hard Things First Author: Scott Allan
Leading from Anywhere Author: David Burkus
The 5 Disciplines of PLC Leaders Author: Dr. Timothy Kanold
Making Thinking Visible: How to promote engagement, understanding, and independence for all learners Author: Ron Ritchhart & Mark Church
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering learners through UDL and the Innovator’s mindset Authors: George Couros & Katie Novak
The Power of Making Thinking Visible Authors: Ron Ritchhart & Mark Church
From Equity Talk to Equity Walk Authors: McNair, et al.
Classroom Cultures: Equitable Schooling for Racially Diverse Youth Authors: Michelle Knight-Manuel & Joanne Marciano
College Ready: Preparing Black and Latino youth for higher education Authors: Michelle Knight-Manuel & Joanne Marciano
The Innovators Mindset: Empower learning, unleash talent, and lead a culture of creativity Author: George Couros
Online Teaching Survival Guide 2E Authors: Boettcher & Conrad
Engaging Learners Through Zoom Author: Dr. Jonathan Brennan
Soul Author: Dr. Timothy Kanold
Do you get excited about new research, but don’t have the time to scour the internet or read lengthy studies? Drop by our new blog where we bring some relevant research and interesting findings to you as Research Shorts. What are those small moves and adjustments we can make that make all the difference for our students or schools? Let’s take a look at some educational studies, see how we might try on some of these Research Shorts and apply them to our programs. We can keep what fits and return the rest.
Recruiting and Retaining Adult Learners journal published an article about re-engaging students who have stopped out. This article follows the launch a campaign to identify […]
In the spring of 2022, LARAEC surveyed over 6000 member-district students. 25% of them indicated that they learned about their class or program through the […]
Entrepreneur Magazine published a great little article on how micro-habits can create macro-change. Transforming ourselves or our organizations is often hard and we may get […]
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ChatGPT is a form of artificial intelligence that can assist in teaching English to adult immigrants living in the United States by generating responses to […]
In a survey of over 6,000 LARAEC students (spring 2022), 16% of our students reported that they met with a school counselor that year to […]
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The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas, conducted focus group study of community college student persistence, Listen to Me. This study […]
Check out Toward the Hybrid Future, the Minerva Project’s new white paper. It discusses how to create expanded learning options for our non-traditional adult learners by […]
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), in their report Redesigning California’s Adult Education Funding Model (2022), outlines the drawbacks of the current model and makes […]
California Competes, in their article, Barriers & Opportunities for Building Higher Education-Employer Partnerships (2022), found that educational leaders, policymakers and employers are increasingly recognizing the […]
California Competes, in their study Get Ready, found that 19 percent of California adults (5.1 million) over 25 years old intend to enroll in higher […]
The use of the term “Emotional Intelligence” has gained much popularity over the past decade. But as its use as a common descriptor has increased […]
Integrating Digital Literacy Into English Language Instruction LINCS, a U.S. Department of education initiative to expand evidence-based practices in the field of adult education, released […]
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Our conference keynote speaker, Michelle Knight-Manuel, co-authored the book Classroom Cultures. This book not only provides practical strategies for addressing equity, but also a clear […]
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Our LARAEC marketing consultant turned us on to a study conducted by Cal Matters which interviewed more than 1,000 adults without college degrees. This 2021 […]
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Students vote with their feet. As adult educators know, enrolling students is only half the battle. It’s also necessary to retain the students that come […]
Positivity makes a difference. As you probably know from your classroom, students are more likely to engage and persist in a positive, supportive environment. Ellen […]
