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Change Agent Issue 46: Hair
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It’s a major topic in many mainstream magazines. And now The Change Agent will take a look at it, too! We all think about it — sometimes fussing over it and sometimes enjoying it. It figures prominently in definitions of beauty; we fight with our kids about it; students can get expelled from school because of it; laws and religious rules are made about it; we work as hairdressers and spend money on hair; and we might even make ourselves sick from the products we put on it. Everyone has something to say about hair!
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Change Agent Issue 45: Career Pathways
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Students have a lot to say about career pathways, and we are proud to share their perspectives in this first-ever exploration of the topic from a student point of view. Hear what they have to say about the challenges and opportunities they face as they work to achieve their goals, share their hopes and moments of regret as they learn and grow from their sometimes twisted path toward a career. Hear from young people just starting out, older students switching careers, highly skilled immigrants who need new credentials, and those for whom available career pathways don’t quite align with their dreams.
This document compares pathway maps, lattices, and roadways as well as study graphs and charts that encourage critical thinking about job prospects. Support your students to pursue research that will teach them about jobs and careers, as well as how to connect with resources. World Education, 2017.
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Change Agent Issue 44: When We Fight, We Win!
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When we fight, what might we win? In this issue, writers share their stories of struggle and reflect on the large and small things they have won in the process. Maybe by fighting, they achieved their goal. Or maybe they didn’t achieve their goal yet, but by being in the fight, they’ve made friends, created community, used their voice, navigated a hard struggle, and discovered their power. What else might you win when you engage in the fight — whether it’s an internal battle or a struggle to create social and political change? This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, 2017.
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Change Agent Issue 43: Transportation
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Transportation is a big deal. It’s how we get to work, school, medical appointments, the store, and home. How we get around informs how we feel. Do we arrive at work or school and then back home to our children feeling stressed from crowded buses and long waits for transfers? Or do we come and go with a fair amount of confidence that we’ll be on time, and that our transportation is accessible and dependable? With this issue of The Change Agent, learners have a chance to use this highly relevant topic as an entry point to improving their reading, writing, and math skills. Teachers will find CCR-aligned activities that help ensure they are equipping students with the skills they need for college and careers. A special section (pp. 44-49) on work in the transportation industry includes an exploration of career pathways. There are also opportunities for research, learning about your own local transit system, and taking action steps. World Education, 2016.
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Change Agent Issue 42: Race
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Race has shaped U.S. history, continues to shape current events, and shapes our lives and our students’ lives. Yet it is a challenging topic to bring up (not to mention teach) in the classroom.
If you’re not sure race matters in your teaching or to your students, just listen to what they say about it in this issue. Race matters to our self-perception, to our children, at our jobs, in our communities, and in history. Indeed, it matters in almost every aspect of life in the U.S. It is so important that we made an extra effort with this issue to offer supports to teachers. Students themselves (on pp. 3 and 41) make the case for why race should be taught in the classroom. Educators share advice and insights on pages 40, 42, 43, and in our “Issue Extras.” Throughout the magazine, students’ heartfelt stories and penetrating analyses remind us that race manifests itself internally, interpersonally, and institutionally, and the costs of ignoring it are greater than the possible costs of taking it on.
This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, 2016.
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Change Agent Issue 41: Celebrations
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As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Change Agent, we turn our attention to—what else—celebrations! In this issue, students write about everything from private rituals to family- and community-based holidays, parties, graduations, commemorations, feasts, and fêtes. A special treat for this issue is the gorgeous cover art “Juneteenth on Oak Bluffs” and “Jubilee” on the back cover, both by Sonia Lynn Sadler.
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Change Agent Issue 40: Prisons and Justice?
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We are proud to kick off our 20th anniversary year with this rich and inspiring issue on prisons, which includes heartfelt exposés of what it is like to be in prison or to have a family member in prison, thoughtful analyses of everything from addiction to the death penalty to the roots of racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Our contributors show how people have fought for their humanity, lobbied for more contact with loved ones, won the right not to be shackled during labor, become readers and students and advocates while incarcerated, and explored alternatives to incarceration. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, 2015.
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Change Agent Issue 39: All About Food
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Food brings up powerful memories. Stories from the kitchen often touch on themes that matter the most to us. Exploring how we produce, distribute, and eat our food helps us raise many interesting questions about our society and our economy. With this issue of The Change Agent, we offer some of our most poignant and profound writing ever. World Education, 2014.
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Change Agent Issue 38: Immigration
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This issue of The Change Agent explores Immigration in a way that is accessible, engaging, and humanizing. Immigrants share inspiring, courageous, and sometimes heartbreaking stories of their journeys to the U.S. Non-immigrants provide their perspective as people in “receiving” communities, who are richly affected by new waves of immigrants. Heartfelt revelations of parents and children who get separated due to migration or deportation will resonate with readers, as will the stories of parents raising bi-cultural children. Articles, cartoons, charts and graphs explore U.S. immigration policy, citizenship statistics, the rise of immigrant entrepreneurs, and current global migration patterns. World Education, 2014.
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Change Agent Issue 37: Technology
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In this issue of The Change Agent, adult learners describe the complicated role that technology plays in their lives—sometimes opening doors, easing communication, nurturing relationships, and improving education, and other times… not so much. Contributors share their tips and tricks for how they make technology work for them, how they persuade their families to occasionally unplug, and how they navigate the pressure to buy new gadgets. Examining the larger context, writers also explore the ecological effects of technology, as well as the role of public policy and the economy on our access to technology. Background pieces provide opportunities for students to extend their learning. Extensions and discussion questions give teachers classroom-ready material that will engage students and teach basic skills. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education. September 2013.
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Change Agent Issue 36: Good Jobs, Not Just Any Jobs!
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Many adults are attending school to get the skills they need to get a better job. But will they be able to find a good job? Speaking of which...what is a good job? And how do you get one? In this issue, The Change Agent explores these questions and more. Students share compelling stories of satisfying work, as well as dangerous and demeaning work and those jobs that are a mixture of both. Their advice and stories will inspire readers to make goals, learn skills, and think critically about the world of work. In addition to providing food for thought, this issue shares concrete examples of ordinary people—alone and with others—taking steps to be agents of change in the workplace. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, March 2013.
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Change Agent Issue 35: Tales of Resilience
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What inspires us to try to respond to and recover from difficulties? What actually enables us to respond and recover? In this inspiring issue of The Change Agent, writers explore how our communities and families often rally to soften or deflect a blow -- and perhaps even change the conditions that created the blow. Read stories about how individuals, neighborhoods, and whole communities have drawn strength and persevered to respond to challenges and create change. Whether it's a story about a newly diagnosed HIV patient, ESOL students who have lost the only bus line in their neighborhood, or a community that's been deserted by its principal employer, these stories will inspire you, build your resolve, equip you with action steps, and encourage you to notice the resiliency and strength in yourself and in the people and communities around you. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, September 2012.
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Change Agent Issue 34: What's Age Got to Do With It?
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With more and more young people (ages 16-24) in adult basic education, dynamics are shifting in the classroom and in programs. What happens when teenagers and 40-somethings tackle Shakespeare together? Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Why are so many high schoolers choosing adult education instead of traditional secondary school? In this issue of The Change Agent, read inspiring stories of older and younger getting past their preconceptions and reaching out to make friends, share struggles, and learn from each other across generational lines. World Education, March 2012.
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Change Agent Issue 33: Peaceful Tomorrows
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This issue of The Change Agent, breaks new ground. Done in collaboration with September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, it teaches the history of 9/11, wrestles with important legal and moral questions related to security and liberty, examines the "rule of law" in the context of terrorism, provides a forum for the profound voices of people seeking justice and reconciliation, and includes extremely moving stories - many of them written by adult learners - about 9/11 and the aftermath. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, September 2011.
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Change Agent Issue 32: Staying Safe in a Toxic World
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This issue of The Change Agent, produced in collaboration with TERC's Statistics for Action project, explores the local environment and tells our stories of environmental clean-ups and community efforts to identify pollution sources and deal with them. It includes inspiring articles by learners and lots of math and science, as well as reading and writing and opportunities for critical thinking. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education. March 2011.
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Change Agent Issue 31: Fashion - The Power, The Peril, and The Passion
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Fashion is a topic that can be both fun and serious. In this thought provoking, visually appealing issue of The Change Agent, we examine: how our clothes make us feel, bathing suits through the ages, extreme body art, how to make fashion small talk in the ESOL classroom, rules for shopping, fashion and female body image, dressing for success, clothing and stereotypes, the hidden cost of cheap clothes, how to have fun with fashion without breaking the budget, who makes our clothes and where, the problem with fur, how parents and kids work out their fashion conflicts, and much more! This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, September 2010.
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Change Agent Issue 30: Coming Home From War
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With this issue of The Change Agent we open our pages to veterans, family members of veterans, and war refugees. In their own voices, they talk about what it's like to come home from war (or, for some, to have to seek a new home), what it's like to welcome their veteran home, and how they remember and memorialize the soldiers who did not make it home. The issue includes positive ways that veterans and community members have organized and advocated on behalf of veterans to promote healing, to ensure benefits, and to acknowledge society's overall responsibility for the human cost of war.
Extra in this issue: a special feature by Heather Lash called "Listening to Refugees" for teachers who are looking for guidance when it comes to responding to the trauma and sadness that sometimes comes out in students' stories.
This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription.World Education, March 2010.
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Change Agent Issue 29: Economic Crisis
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What exactly happened when Wall Street crashed in 2008? What led to the crisis? What exactly is a housing bubble? A bank bailout? A stimulus package? Using clear language accompanied by illustrations and graphics, the September 2009 issue of The Change Agent explains the roots of the crisis, tells how people are responding, gives voice to the unemployed, and tells inspiring stories of what we could do to create an economy that works for everyone. True stories by learners shed light on how people are coping, what they are doing to address financial stresses and injustices, and how they are staying hopeful.
This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription.World Education, September 2009.
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Change Agent Issue 28: Health - The Big Picture
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In this issue of The Change Agent, we explore students' experiences dealing with health challenges and their individual and community-based responses to those challenges. Learn about the U.S. health insurance industry, student-recommended home remedies, students' experiences of health disparities, the connection between mental and physical health, and much more. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, March 2009.
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Change Agent Issue 27: Making Sense of Climate Change
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This issue of The Change Agent is filled with pictures, illustrations, short articles, cartoons, math lessons, and quizzes to break down the science and economics of climate change. Learn about greenhouse gases, energy-saving tricks that also save money, green jobs, and how adult learners are teaching their kids about conservation, saying no to junk mail, and lobbying their mayors to do more for the environment. Read student writing exploring responses to climate change and things that can be done to make a positive impact. As one Hurricane Katrina survivor reminds us, hope comes from "learning more about a problem and participating directly in the solution." This idea - that understanding and participation are at the root of hopefulness - is a central theme in this issue. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, September 2008.
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Change Agent Issue 26: Democracy In Action
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Thinking about how to integrate all the election-year buzz into your classroom? Wondering how to invite students into a conversation about civic participation that includes voting but goes beyond it as well? In this issue of The Change Agent you'll find lessons that evoke deep thinking about the meaning of democracy and the many ways adults participate in public life. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription.World Education, March 2008.
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Change Agent Issue 25: Taking Action to Stay in School
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This issue of The Change Agent explores the many ways that students support each other to stay in school, how they work together to find personal and collective solutions, and how they inspire, motivate, and encourage each other to balance a multitude of demands so that they can stay in school. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education. September 2007.
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Change Agent Issue 24: Caring for our Children
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This issue of The Change Agent explores issues surrounding parenting, helping children learn, work and family, adjusting to life in the U.S. and much more. Articles range from how programs can prepare parents to advocate and be active in their children's education to the pros and cons of bilingual education. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, March 2007.
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Change Agent Issue 23: Immigration
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This issue of The Change Agent offers a broad array of information, lessons, opinions, and provocative articles aimed at helping readers sort through the debates on immigration. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education. September 2006.
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Change Agent Issue 22: Values
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This issue of The Change Agent aims at understanding the important intersection between values and politics. It includes material about the personal expression of values and moves readers to also carefully examine the values in our society and how they are expressed in public policy. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education, March 2006.
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Change Agent Issue 21: Building Peace
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In this issue of The Change Agent, students, teachers and others write about the building blocks of peace and invite readers to consider taking action in their lives. Starting with ourselves and our families, then thinking about our communities, and the world, this issue offers humble suggestions for building peace. This issue is now out of print, but can be downloaded from our website with an online subscription. World Education. September 2005.
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Research-based Adult Reading Instruction
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Research-based Adult Reading Instruction provides comprehensive instructions for facilitating a ten-hour study circle exploring differing theories of the reading process, the four major components of reading, the implications for teaching, and the development of learners' reading profiles.
Research-based Adult Reading Instruction is available online or in hard copy with a $25.00 fee to cover shipping and handling. It includes a copy of Understanding What Reading Is All About and a DVD of the Adult Reading Components Study Panel Discussion. NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials. World Education, July 2005.
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The College Transition Toolkit
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The College Transition Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to program planning and implementation that draws on the expertise of practitioners from the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project and from around the country. The Toolkit is a CD with a flexible, navigable, HTML format that enables you to move easily between chapter topics, accompanying documents, and online resources. $30.00. World Education, 2008.
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Through the Lens of Social Justice: Using The Change Agent in Adult Education
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Are you looking for ways to explore social justice themes while building skills and addressing immediate student goals? Here's a resource that will help you bring popular education and social analysis into the contemporary adult education classroom.
Through the Lens of Social Justice is a collection that celebrates The Change Agent's first 10 years of providing social justice resources to adult educators. The book is both a gathering of The Change Agent's best and most timeless pieces and a guide for educators on how to use the journal in their classrooms.
$18.00. Edited by Andy Nash. 200 pp. World Education, 2006.
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