The Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy (Mass AAL) is an organization of current and former adult basic education students who hope to advance the cause of literacy among adults in the state Massachusetts. Mass AAL is committed to improving the lives of adults involved in literacy/basic/secondary education and English for Speakers of Other Languages programs to help them become full functioning members of society. Mass AAL has been organized to give adults a voice in decision making in adult basic education programs and to help them take charge of their own lives. Mass AAL will be a voice representing adult learners in local, state and national public policy discussion. It will educate policy makers on adult literacy issues and advocate for increased basic, secondary and ESOL education opportunities.
Adult Learner Leaders in Massachusetts and Indiana
Interviews with state and national student leaders who learned to read or attended basic skills classes as adults. The Interviews were conducted during the summer of 2001 by Ernest Best, Executive Director, Mass AAL