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Gates Foundation offers grants to scale high school pathway programs
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it is wading into the world of dual enrollment and career technical education. Through its new “Accelerate ED” initiative, it is donating $175,000 each to twelve teams across the country, including one in California led by the Linked Learning Alliance.
Dos escuelas de San Bernardino reciben reconocimiento especial
Telemundo 52 visited San Bernardino City USD to learn more about the Linked Learning Gold Certified pathways at Arroyo Valley and Pacific High Schools.
2022 Wall of Fame inductees: Committed to serve
Congratulations to Cindy Brown, Director of Pathways for Porterville Unified School District and Linked Learning Fellow, for being named a 2022 Porterville Wall of Fame honoree!
Newsom's education budget is opportunity for California’s workforce talent supply
Linked Learning Alliance President & CEO Anne Stanton writes that for the governor’s investment strategy to truly support students and communities, we must ensure that college and career pathways are available to the majority of California’s students and that they are implemented in tandem with K-12, higher education, and workforce readiness initiatives to provide seamless transitions and accelerated experiences that lead to good jobs.
Rising HS Dropout Rates & Declining Community College Enrollment Are Twin COVID Crises. How to Fix the Broken Education Pipeline
Clarity, guidance & relevance are what students seek at both the high school and college levels. Our education system owes them all three, and it needs to deliver them acting as a united force writes Lumina Foundation's Chauncy Lennon and Linked Learning Alliance's Anne Stanton.
Recommendations from a State Senator and a Mayor for Aligning Education With the Workforce & Boosting Students’ COVID Recovery
Elena Parent, a Georgia state senator, and Steven L. Reed, mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, make recommendations to prepare more workers for high-skill, high-wage jobs. They point to the success of Oakland Health Pathways and recommend Linked Learning to boost college and career readiness for all young people.
What did he get right? Reactions to Gov. Newsom's K-12 budget
EdSource asked education leaders, advocates and observers to comment on Gov. Newsom’s record-level, revised 2021-22 budget for K-12 education, including Linked Learning Alliance President Anne Stanton.
Students Say Supportive College and Career Pathways Kept Them Engaged Through COVID Shutdowns. How Schools Can Use Federal Funds to Help
As states and districts contemplate how to best use their COVID-19 relief funding, they should think differently about addressing lost learning and building better systems for the future. College and career pathways fit the bill on all counts, writes Linked Learning Alliance president Anne Stanton and Alliance for Excellent Education president and CEO Deborah S. Delisle.
LBUSD: More Schools Gain Silver Certification
Jordan and Sato High Schools are the latest in Long Beach Unified School District to earn Silver Certification from the Linked Learning Alliance.