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California Must Design Education That Keeps up With the Times, Influencers Say
California Influencers this week answered the question: What Can We Do to Make Sure Our Kids Get Jobs?
California Students Need College Prep and Career Technical Education
In his column “Mandated college prep hurts” (Insight, May 6), Dan Walters prescribes an education system for California that would return the state to the days of tracking “gifted and college-bound” students into challenging academic courses and a segregated track of “technical classes for those suited by interest and aptitude for skilled trades.”
California Must Test Students on the Right Skills for College and Career
Californians have high expectations: We want our schools to help young people become socially responsible, creative and critical thinkers and flexible lifelong learners.
Business Can Help Chart a Smarter Path to College, Careers
Employers need to get involved with Linked Learning. They’ll be not only helping students, but helping themselves.
Linked Learning Helps Students Succeed
With 14 percent of the nation’s students and 20 percent of low-income students in California, the state’s educational performance has implications for the entire country.
SunPower Awards Engineering Curriculum Grants to California Public Schools
Today, SunPower awarded schools in four California school districts a total of $85,000 in grants to support the implementation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula for students.
Bruce Maiman: Linking Schools with Business Partners
A shift is underway in California with a commitment to “Linked Learning,” vocational programs that provide a work-based infrastructure relevant to students’ studies while setting them on a career path.