Rise to the Challenge with Burlington Core

Watch this inspiring podcast with teacher Ned Farrell and student, Yinhua Chen, from Middletown Adult Education to hear how adult education is changing lives in their community.

In this special episode, we invite you to listen to Chaffey Adult school’s Class of 2025 commencement speaker, George Dahi as he shares how adult education has impacted his life and shaped his future goals. Thanks to the dedicated adult educators and staff at Chaffey Adult School in Ontario, CA, George is one of the […]

Join Burlington English Representative April Lawton and Kelly Heth from Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa discuss how to run a successful Family Literacy Program without regular access to a key instructional element – the family.

In this episode, BurlingtonEnglish Representative April Lawton invites administrative leaders from Crete Public Schools in Nebraska to share how they have shifted the traditional mindset of “educating the whole child” to “educating the whole family” to become a top-performing district in their state.

Join BurlingtonEnglish representative Lynn Napolitano as she interviews Jessie Thompson, Instructional Specialist at Harford Community College, about four key strategies their team has used to enhance adult education success over the past three years.

Listen to BurlingtonEnglish Representative Bethany Macarus interview Kathleen Ferrell, Director of Adult Education at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, New Mexico, as they discuss how her team is increasing their overall Adult Ed program success by focusing on student intake and retention in their High School Equivalency program.

In this episode, BurlingtonEnglish Representative April Lawton sits down with Rachel Gasselling, Program Director of Adult Education at Western Nebraska Community College. Listen to how Rachel and her team rise to the challenge of teaching students the transferable soft skills they need to be successful in today’s academic and workplace settings.

In this episode, BurlingtonEnglish Representative Kim Wanner interviews Dana Carter, Principal at Yucaipa Adult School in Yucaipa, California. Dana shares how he and his team use student-centered intervention strategies that lead to long-term success for their students.

Burlington English Representative Barry Nitzberg speaks with Dr. Lia Festenstein from the Office of Adult and Career Education Services in Rochester, New York, about her program's challenge in maintaining instructional fidelity while meeting the diverse needs of English Learners.