For Welcoming Week 2021, World Education will join together with organizations and communities to celebrate by building strong connections between neighbors and demonstrating the value of inclusive and welcoming environments. From September 10 - 19, 2021, Welcoming America will lead a diverse group of hosts and partners nationwide and globally who are working to create more welcoming communities.

COVID-19 caused great economic shock and disrupted our daily lives. While its impact on Adult ESOL learning has been equally disruptive, it has resulted in rapid program innovation and reorganization, improving learning options for adults. The most important development was the availability of remote education opportunities, where ESOL providers and their student population learned to refine their skills over time. Throughout the pandemic, teaching practitioners have learned a great deal. By investigating efforts to sustain adult ESOL programs and responding to the growing demand for English language programs, World Education conducted an examination of such efforts with The Remote ESOL project.

Personal and workplace success skills are a set of lifelong learning skills needed to develop resilience and adaptability in a constantly evolving market environment. Over 100 curated resources are offered through the Personal & Workplace Success Skills Library for adult and higher education, workforce development, and career and technical education instructors and career coaches to help English-language learners and older workers succeed in the workplace. Get involved by inviting the PWSS Library to present at a conference, take advantage of PWSS resources and receive free technical assistance, or learn to integrate workplace & personal success skills statewide.