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It's widely recognized that many of our Adult Ed students have learning challenges and disabilities, diagnosed and un-diagnosed. This site, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's program on Special Education and Communication Disorders, is about Cognitive Strategy Instruction.  It includes…
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"Launched in June 2013, Newsela publishes high-interest news articles daily at five levels of complexity for grades 3-12 using Newsela’s proprietary, rapid text-leveling process." Many articles are available in Spanish as well. It's well worth signing up for the required free account to access this…
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Created for Adult Ed! NELRC online publications "have grown out of innovative work with adult education practitioners or collaborations among the region’s professional developers, and are designed to inspire and strengthen practices in the field." Links on this page include: Strategies for…
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From COABE, the Commission on Adult Basic Education: a free resource for all adult educators to find lesson plans, videos, apps, conference presentations and professional development resources.
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The Understanding by Design framework, created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, helps the user to design a standards-based curriculum that leads to student understanding and achievement.  This online article is a good introduction.
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This website provides standards-based lesson plans centered on readings which can be sorted by GLE. While created for K-12, many are usable and adaptable for ABE students.  It also includes links on Close Reading.
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This website, written for K-12 and adaptable for ABE, is designed to provide resources to help educators understand and implement the Common Core and other college and career ready standards.  It includes practical tools designed to help students and teachers see their hard work deliver…
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LINCS.ed.gov has many useful resources and discussion groups. Be sure to check this site. Noted here: College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education: Explore the standards directly; particularly read the Introduction, pages 1-11, with special attention to page 8 (http://lincs.ed.gov/…
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EngageNY.org is developed and maintained by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to support the implementation of key aspects of the New York State Board of Regents Reform Agenda. EngageNY.org is dedicated to providing educators across New York State with real-time, professional learning…
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This site may be especially helpful for the ASE level. It was developed for K-12 teachers but provides interesting text sets around literary- and information-based themes.