adult education

The goal is to provide effective, real world strategies for learning that address the needs of the adult population in Massachusetts. Utilizing the combined resources of Herald Media and business and the educational communities, the MLF develops and delivers programs to meet the challenge.

GED Preparation Program

Get ready to take the GED with the Herald's GED Preparation Program. This 9 week series is designed to prepare and motivate readers to be successful in taking the GED exam. The preparation program is not an actual GED test but the sample questions are provided by the ACE, official provider of the GED. The practice tests show the kinds of questions likely to appear on the actual test. Each week, beginning in February, the Herald publish a practice test based on one of the four core areas of testing found on the GED and provide practice test takers with an answer sheet for self-assessment. For more information or to order newspapers, call 617.619.6556.

SAT Preparation Program

This 12-part in-paper series will help students prepare for the NEW Scholastic Aptitude Test. The test is now more aligned with critical thinking tests developed by individual states to meet No Child Left Behind Legislation. Any student, from middle school on up, will benefit from the SAT preparation exercises in this series. For more information or to order newspapers, call 617.619.6556

Publications Available

Because these curriculum guides use the newspaper as the text references, the learning activities are very appropriate for the adult classroom. For more information and to receive these free curriculum guides, call 617.619.6556.

Literacy: Adult Basic Education
The instructional material in this curriculum is designed for both the teacher (tutor) and student. It is divided into four sections: Alphabetical Literacy; Reading Readiness; Numerical Literacy; and Survival Literacy.

Looking at the Newspaper from a Different Angle - Grades 4-12
Focuses students on real-life mathematical experiences with the newspaper.

Economics: Ideas, Concepts, Applications - Grades: 5-8
This guide is designed to help your students understand how the economy of the nation and the world is influenced by choices made by individuals, groups and governments.

Survival Skills Using the Newspaper - Grades: 7-12
Uses the newspaper as an instructional tool that address the students' target needs regarding achievement, adaptation and attitude.

100 Ways to Use the Newspaper Bilingual Spanish/ English - Adult Education
This easy to use guide consists of bilingual Spanish/ English newspaper activity guides. Activity cards address subjects such as; basic newspaper knowledge, Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Life Skills, Critical Thinking, Character Education and much more.

Speaking of Language- Using the Newspaper in ESL studies. - Grades: 7-12, to Adult Education
These activities are organized by the categories of speaking, structure, listening comprehension, reading, vocabulary, writing and culture. Even though the focus is on language skills, you can begin to develop additional newspaper activities that target skills in social studies, science, mathematics and other fields of study.

Civic Education in the Newspaper- Adult Education
This is an instructional guide for the classroom designed to incorporate use of the daily newspaper in the classroom. The activities in this guide relate to subjects such as American history and culture, government, economics, geography and current events.

For Parents:
MegaSkills- Building Children's Achievement
This practical parent's guide is filled with activities for parents and children of all ages to work on together. Discussion and activities focus on teamwork, confidence, motivation, perseverance initiative and common sense.

2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Report (released 12/05)
The NAAL assessment, administered every 10 years by the National Center for Education Statistics, found that more adults in Massachusetts have the literacy and math skills to perform everyday tasks than adults nationwide, but little progress has been made in the past decade. For more information go to www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.asp?id=2690.