Association for Continuing Education

“President and general manager/treasurer are husband and wife.”

“No review was or will be conducted.”

“No documents available to the public.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: KALWs Audio Academy In partnership with ACE, KALW, a local NPR affiliate radio (91.7 FM) in the Bay Area, is offering Audio Academy, a 10-month intensive radio journalism training program for adults. This free program holds regularly scheduled classes to enrolled students at the radio station covering research, reporting, interviewing, writing, voicing and sound design. Each student is part of the reporting team for Crosscurrents, KALWs local news program.ACE also partners with KALW to provide radio journalism summer school training for students attending Philip and Sala Burton Academic High School. The continuing education program introduces students to and helps prepare them for a possible career in radio. In-service training, classroom instruction, hands-on computer editing and reporting provide a complete course. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Alpha: Cindy Avitia High SchoolThe ACE Learning Center offers regularly scheduled classes in English, Vietnamese and technology skills for the families of students and the local community. Computer-based English language curriculum is utilized in the classroom for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. The Learning Center also provides the resources needed for the community involvement in such programs as Second Harvest food distribution to needy families. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Oxford Day Academy, East Palo Alto, CAThe ACE Learning Center supports parents and guardians of students in the community to become better supporters of their childrens education, and to understand the challenges of being a parent in the Bay Area. Currently, classes focus on advocacy for students in the school system; becoming a well-rounded parent with strong communication, boundary-setting and support skills; and support for parents of children with physical and developmental special needs through Gatepath. Gatepath is a long established 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving children, youth and adults with special needs and developmental disabilities and their families in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.”

“The significant increase in royalty revenue is due to the completion of a long-term leasing agreement for the use of excess capacity on the radio spectrum licensed and used by ACE for its delivery of educational programming to schools. The Federal Communications Commission permits such long-term lease arrangements and encourages license holders such as ACE to enter into these arrangements as they lead to more efficient and dynamic use of radio spectrum.”