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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school
Now is the time to change the way we think about meeting immediate labor shortages and future work demands, as well as delivering opportunities to all students.
How the Ivy League Broke America
Author David Brooks argues that the way “elite” colleges make admissions decisions has enormous cascading effects on higher education and K-12 schooling. This process has broken the way we think about school and learning and is contributing to a more polarized and fractured society.
SBCUSD Celebrates New Dental Career Pathway at Cajon High
San Bernardino City Unified School District’s Cajon High School held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Dental Pathway, which will provide students with a path towards both college and a career.
Mt. Whitney High School Linked Learning students score gold
Visalia Unified School District was recognized with a prestigious Gold Certification by the Linked Learning Alliance. Every VUSD high schools has Linked Learning pathways in different disciplines: architecture and engineering, business finance, computer science, first responders, health sciences, law and justice, media arts, and sports medicine.
Across California, Data Gaps Related to Career Education May Contribute To Local Workforce Shortages
Coordination is in progress, but no one knows yet how well the money being poured into career education statewide is helping to fill labor needs for high priority fields, region by region.
How California is building career pathways to its next big economic sector: the ocean
From ocean exploration and regenerative aquaculture to underwater robotics and renewable energy, the blue economy is expected to create new jobs of every kind, bringing opportunities that can benefit diverse communities.
Career Pathways And Opportunity Pluralism For Young People
For young people to participate successfully in the workforce and flourish generally, they need to develop knowledge, relationships, networks, and personal agency.
Oakland’s Fremont High Media Academy Gets a Special Honor in Sacramento
The California Department of Education named Fremont High School’s Media Academy a Distinguished California Partnership Academy. This acknowledgment is a product of the academy’s low attrition rates, high graduation rates and industry partnerships that produce career pathways.
More Than Half of Recent 4-Year College Grads Underemployed
A new report found that many recent graduates don’t land jobs that require a degree.