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The Higley Unified School District Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program, which started in 2019, helps HUSD seniors gearing up for college or other technical education, to get practical training in various fields of their choosing and provides them with academic guidance for their higher education. Overall, Higley CTE students earned more than 500 industry certifications in the last year, with 96.3% of students earning at least one certification. How many of your community's high school seniors are working on industry certifications this year? Is there community data being shared regarding industry certifications earned last school year? Check out more in this week's newsletter at projectsenioryear.com https://lnkd.in/ejinzpgd

There may not be such a thing as a "silver bullet" when it comes to education and post-secondary success, but having lived college access and success models the last 12 years, and probably the next 12 years, Early College is as close as we have. Although Massachusetts is first in just about every education category available, we are way behind in providing access to Early College for high school students across the Commonwealth. So proud of what we have been able to do at Wentworth Institute of Technology, but the higher education industry must continue opening doors to make Early College an opportunity for all Massachusetts high school students. #earlycollege #collegeaccess

What are some steps that we can collectively take to bolster college completion? For #CollegeCompletionDay, CCA Vice President Charles Ansell and Third Way Director of Education Michelle Dimino talk about three key steps we can take to support student success and postsecondary achievement nationwide: https://lnkd.in/eiEJ-ffM #CCADoesTheWork

NEW REPORT: At current rates of high school graduation, college enrollment, and college completion only 26% of San Joaquin Valley ninth graders are on a path to earning a bachelor’s degree, compared to 35% in the rest of the state. College-going and completion are low among the region's low-income, Black, and Latino students. We examine recent progress in—and future prospects for—increasing college completion in this region. Read the report and policy brief: https://bit.ly/4cr7bcW Register to watch the August 20 briefing: https://bit.ly/4dpLLhl

#JFF #DualEnrollment #Arizona #collegecareerpathways #careerexploration #investingineducation #workforcedevelopment #economicdevelopment #K12 #postsecondaryeducation “With this funding, JFF is partnering with state leaders in dual enrollment and education-to-career pathways in Texas, Arizona and Illinois to design and implement a new model of dual enrollment hubs that will be embedded within community colleges and serve multiple high schools. The Increasing Dual Enrollment Access and Success (IDEAS) project will allow these hubs to centralize essential functions like faculty and course availability, and partnership agreements with high schools, while also partnering with high schools to provide students—especially from high-need communities—with robust support, advising, and navigation services.”

Great article from Alton B. Nelson, Jr. about how schools can create systems and practices to support all students to meet California’s A-G course requirements. "More than half of all students, and over two-thirds of Black and Latino students, did not meet these requirements — too often because the courses were not offered or the students didn’t know they were needed. This means they are ineligible for admission into California’s public universities."   It doesn’t have to be this way, and it’s our responsibility to make sure schools’ high school curriculum is aligned to the A-G requirements and that we have the right supports in place to help students complete them.   Shout-out to Alton and the Making Waves Academy team for supporting over 95% of Making Waves Academy students to meet these requirements so that college is an option on their path to economic mobility and to achieving their goals. https://lnkd.in/g3DYTdb6

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Articles on how career technical education unites job training and academics with insights from Coachella Valley Unified School District, Bellflower USD, Lynwood USD, Paramount USD and Oroville Union HSD; school closure guidance and best practices for local educational agencies with Cupertino Union SD and Baldwin Park USD; and ways school systems like San Juan Unified School District, Desert Sands Unified School District and San Diego County Office of Education are striving to help newcomer students succeed academically and personally are included in the latest issue of California Schools. Glendale Unified School District’s Super Tutors program, the benefits of expanded learning opportunities, findings from a recent study on the associations between school safety and student outcomes, tips on establishing governance agreements and legal trends are among other topics explored. The issue features interviews with 2023 Board Member of the Year Mary Helen Ybarra of Corona-Norco Unified School District and 2024 CSBA President Albert Gonzalez of Santa Clara Unified School District as well as a CEO’s note on challenges related to unfunded mandates. Read the magazine now:

We start talking to students and parents in the Pedrozzi Young Scholars Program about college prep courses — known as A-G — required for admission to California’s public universities, when the students are in 6th grade. Why so early? Middle school is a great time for students to start learning how to set academic goals and challenge themselves academically. Doing so helps prepare them to hit the ground running in high school. One of our mantras is that high school graduation requirements are not the same as college admission requirements. Armed with this knowledge and our support throughout high school, students in the program have a clear road map to follow to complete the A-G courses by senior year. Doing so expands their post-secondary options.