Modesto Bee Portrait of Adult Ed in Central Valley Community Ceres

This August 29th, 2015 Modesto Bee article by Nan Austin provides a good portrait of what's happening in Ceres, a community in the Central Valley, as it utilizes the new Regional Consortia system to provide Adult Education.

New Ceres campus home to adult education classes, part of regional effort

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Highlights:

Ceres Unified and Modesto Junior College spearhead consortium
Dropouts, immigrants, low-income adults served by classes
Recession-slashed programs rebuilding with collaboration, oversight

Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/news/local/education/article32762943.html#storylink=cpy

CERES

Of all the cuts to education during the Great Recession, classes for grown-ups likely took the hardest hit. The patchwork of offerings given at neighborhood schools fell apart in most places, chopping off the bootstraps long used by low-income parents who wanted to get ahead.

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