Maryland Adult Literacy in Action
 


The mission of Adult Education and Literacy Services is to support Maryland adults to gain the academic, knowledge, and skills to pursue their education, family, and workplace goals.

Specifically, the program ensures that adults have the options to complete their education with high school diplomas; be able to communicate in English; and have basic literacy skills.

What People Are Saying About SB 203/HB 367

Please click on the document to the right for some of the reasons the Board of Directors for the Maryland Association of Adult, Community, and Continuing Education (MAACCE) voted not to support Senate Bill 203 or House Bill 367. MAACCE believes this bill is not needed and that is not good education policy.
What People Are Saying About SB 203/HB 367

What People Are Saying About Why Adult Literacy should remain in MSDE …

Please click on the document to the right. MAACCE explains why Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) should remain in MSDE. Adult Education and Literacy’s core mission is education and MSDE has a history of leadership in connecting adult literacy with the workforce.
What People Are Saying About Why Adult Literacy should remain in MSDE

What People Are Saying About the Need for Additional Investment in Adult Education …

Please click on the document to the right to learn more from MAACCE about the need for additional investment in Adult Education in Maryland. With additional investment, enrollment can increase by 5,000, reducing the waiting list; increase the number of adult learners becoming high school graduates; and increase the pool of literate workers in the state of Maryland to provide the business community with a better skilled workforce.
What People Are Saying About the Need for Additional Investment in Adult Education

What People Are Saying – Star Democrat: "Literacy needs leadership from education"

Please click to read an Op Ed published in the Star Democrat on March 2, 2008. Guest Comments by Sonia Socha & Todd Elliott,

representing the Maryland Association of Adult, Community, and Continuing Education (MAACCE), support MSDE leadership for the state adult education program.
What People Are Saying – Star Democrat: "Literacy needs leadership from education"

What People Are Saying – Baltimore Sunpapers: "Dual Missions, Twin Concerns"

Please click to read an editorial published in the Sunpapers on February 25, 2008. The article calls for more collaboration between MSDE and DLLR with the funding to address the demand for services.
What People Are Saying – Baltimore Sunpapers: "Dual Missions, Twin Concerns"

What People Are Saying – Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

Please click on the document at right to read what the U.S. Department of Education says about MSDE's successful marketing campaign to increase enrollment in the adult education program.
What People Are Saying – Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education