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June 2026 PROGRESS: Partnerships with Corrections
This edition of Progress highlights partnerships between adult education programs and correctional institutions and reentry programs. Read about the successful win-win partnerships that are strengthening communities and creating career pathways for justice-involved individuals. Read More
A Partnership Focused on Second Chances: Northern Shenandoah Valley Adult Education & Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center
“We want them coming out better than when they came in.” That guiding principle from Superintendent Clay Corbin has shaped the long-standing partnership between Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center and Northern Shenandoah Valley Adult Education. For more than 30 years, NSVAE has provided GED® instruction and educational support to incarcerated individuals at NRADC, building a program rooted in consistency, collaboration, and the belief that education creates opportunity. Read More
Lighting the Path to Reentry: The SHINE Correctional IET Program
The RCC Adult Education and Middle Peninsula R.A.C.E. partnership demonstrates what is possible when innovation meets collaboration. Corrections IET programs do more than deliver training–they create pathways to employment, stability, and successful reentry. In doing so, they illuminate a powerful truth: when adult education aligns with workforce needs and community partnerships, lives–and futures–can change. Read More
Serving Justice-Involved Learners In Southwest Virginia
Region 2, Southwest Regional Adult Education, is very thankful for all of our reentry and corrections/institutions facility partners. Our goal is to provide students with certifications and training so that, upon release, they have credentials and knowledge to aid in obtaining gainful employment. Read More
April 2026 PROGRESS: Showcasing Success
Progress, Virginia's adult education and literacy newsletter, returns from hiatus this spring with the first of several "mini issues." This edition focuses on how we highlight adult education's success stories, whether individual student achievements or program successes. Read More
Career Pathways in Healthcare: A Success Story from PREP
In 2025, EJ simultaneously participated in GED® preparation and the Integrated Education and Training (IET) Healthcare Bootcamp, building both academic and workforce skills at the same time. Read More
2025, Volume 35, No. 1, March Issue
Read this issue of PROGRESS. Download the PROGRESS March 2025 Issue PDF. Adult educators are, by nature, innovative and creative. We have to be. There is not… Read More
2024, Volume 34, No. 1, April Issue
Read this issue of PROGRESS. Download the PROGRESS April 2024 Issue PDF. When it comes to adult learners who have a disability, we oftentimes don’t know… Read More
Aligning the Work of DARS and Adult Education to Benefit Virginians
by Kate Kaegi Throughout the years, the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center (VALRC) and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services (DARS) have worked together on several partnerships, projects, and… Read More
The Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities’ Integrated Education and Training Program
by Rachel Ambrose As a Regional Program Manager (RPM), I am like many in our profession who did not start out seeking a career in adult education. Instead, I began… Read More