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Bonds would fund business investment in schools under Steinberg proposal
The leader of the California State Senate says the way to encourage more and stronger bonds between industry and education is through, well, bonds. With California facing a shortage of qualified workers for 21st century jobs, Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg wants to entice businesses to become more involved in job training by asking them to invest in a new type of school bond that would fund programs that infuse career education into traditional academic courses. Businesses … Read entire article »
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State’s first career-tech center faces potential demise
The superintendent of the state’s oldest regional occupational program is warning that an unintended consequence of the governor’s Local Control Funding Formula could lead to its demise. An official from the Department of Finance says his department will look into the problem. Christine Hoffman, superintendent of the Southern California Regional Occupational Center (SoCal ROC) in Torrance, is sending preliminary layoff notices to all 125 of her employees by the March 15 deadline for notifying those who … Read entire article »
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Report questions impact of Brown’s finance formula on career tech
In proposing to give school districts money with fewer strings attached, Gov. Jerry Brown is confident that local school boards and superintendents are best able to make the right decisions so that all students can graduate ready for college and work. A report released today by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) questions that assumption. PACE is a joint research group based at UC Berkeley, Stanford and the University of Southern California. “School Finance Reform: Can It … Read entire article »
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Linked learning comes of age in California with new pilot programs
The California Department of Education has selected 63 districts and county offices of education – many of them working together in consortia – to pilot “linked learning” programs in their high schools beginning next fall. These programs integrate academics with real-world work experiences in an effort to engage students. High schools with linked learning programs typically offer several courses in one or more career paths, such as healthcare, business or the arts. The career theme permeates … Read entire article »
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Study tracks Sacramento City’s ‘linked learning’ experience
Sacramento City Unified has reorganized its district office, developed a strong departmental team, and encouraged the broader community to become involved in its efforts to introduce “linked learning” into its high schools, according to a case study of the district released this week. Linked learning is an ambitious reform that blends academic courses and career opportunities through field-based learning, such as internships, and student support services. The long-term goal is to integrate it into a district curriculum so that all students can participate. Students choose “pathways” in areas that interest them such as health care. The case study, “Linked Learning in Sacramento: Organizing the District and Community for Sustainable Reform,” was authored by Sara Rutherford-Quach and Erik Rice of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE). This is the third case study on … Read entire article »
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New 2-year lease on life for 163 Partnership Academies
Financially threatened high school career academies will get a lifeline and new career tech programs will get a lift, now that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation committing $68 million for those and related projects over the next two years. SB 1070 will sustain the career technology programs in high schools and community colleges that were to lose their funding and authorization at the end of this fiscal year in June. Now they will have additional … Read entire article »
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Video game courses proposed as latest career pathway
Designing video games, an occupation that seems perfectly aligned for California’s 21st century economy, is among the new high school courses a state panel is proposing as part of a revision of state standards that guide schools’ efforts to prepare students for future careers. The proposal is a new element in the updated version of California’s “Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards” presented to the State Board of Education in Sacramento yesterday. The public has until … Read entire article »
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Number of youths living on the margins is growing
One in seven youths nationwide is neither at school nor at work, a percentage that has grown dramatically since the economic recession, according to a study released Thursday. Nationwide, 5.8 million young people, age 16 to 24, are living on the margins without even part-time jobs – an increase of 800,000 between 2007 and 2010. The report ranks the 25 largest metropolitan areas, including five in California, based on the percentage of disconnected youth – defined … Read entire article »
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Select committee: Time running short to end racial disparities
California’s economic prosperity may lie in a dozen recommendations for helping African American, Latino, and Southeast Asian boys succeed in school. The state Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color is releasing those proposals today in Sacramento along with testimony from an all-star panel of education, health, and workforce experts. Committee members spent the last year and a half holding hearings across the state to gather personal stories, research, and examples … Read entire article »
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Migrant worker children encouraged to consider engineering
As California’s political leaders push educators to link high school classes with career options for their students, an Oxnard high school program has succeeded in getting some of the state’s hardest-to-reach students enthused about careers in engineering. … Read entire article »
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