Adult Education, English and Skills Training: Opportunities for Action and Investment in the Most Vital Integration Services

In this Migration Policy Institute webinar, part of a series exploring issues likely to be addressed by the new National Integration Plan, speakers examine the role of adult education and English language and skills training in the immigrant integration process. Margie McHugh, Director of MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, and representatives from the National Partnership for New Americans and the National Skills Coalition discuss their recommendations to the White House Task Force on New Americans, covering topics such as:
 

• meeting the particular needs of parents of young children and immigrants in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce; 
• ensuring equitable access to services for those with low levels of underlying education; 
• meeting the unique needs of those who received advanced education or training overseas; 
• and ideas for ensuring more generally that implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the increasing emphasis on postsecondary transition and career pathways results in improved, rather than reduced, access to needed education and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees.

For more information, visit http://migrationpolicy.org/events/adult-education-english-and-skills-training-opportunities-action-and-investment-most-vital