EDITORIAL, Kathleen P. King..........................................................................................................................................................................................2


RESEARCH ARTICLES:
Effects Resulting from the Lack of Congruency Among Staff Perspectives Within Welfare-to-Work Programs.…...............................................………..….5
Karen Milheim

Learning Styles in Adult ESL Writing Classes.………………....................................................................................................................................…….13
Andrea Honigsfeld, Susan Rundle, & Herbert Pierson

RESEARCH SUMMARIES:
The Way of the WITS: An Example of Adult Cohort Mentoring…..…………………………...............................................................................……….25
Carol A. Mullen

Learning From a Distance: Creating Connected Communities Through Peer Dialogue Journals..……….......................................................……………....33
Linda Dale Bloomberg

BEST PRACTICE ARTICLES:
How Do I Talk to My Legislator About Adult Education? From the Trenches -- New York Legislative Action Update?......................................................45
Laurie Bargstedt

Academics, Lifeskills, and Robotics with GED Students: Or, “You Made What at School Today?”…………...…………………..................................…55
Maat O. Jakuta, Albert Robinson, Susan C. Biro, & Kathleen P. King

ISSUES AND TRENDS:
NCLB, What’s in it for Adult Educators?...........................................................................................................................................................................58
Diane Baule & Martin Murphy

BOOK REVIEW:
Adult Learning Methods: A Guide for Effective Instruction. (3rd ed.)………………………….......................................................................................…64
Gail Morris Delaporte & Jacqueline Pritchett