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March 25, 2020 | Anne Stanton

I hope this finds everyone well and coping as best you can with this new reality—which, honestly, feels anything but real. Most importantly, I hope each and every one of you has found a way to navigate the demands of caring for your loved ones while supporting your work families—your fellow educators, schools, districts and, most importantly, the students and communities you serve so passionately and well every day in Linked Learning pathways. It is a challenging time to say the least, and we are all trying to get through it together.

March 10, 2020 | Anne Stanton

While votes are still being tallied, it appears that the largest school facility bond in state history will fall short of the simple majority needed despite bipartisan support and little formal opposition. Proposition 13 would have provided California’s schools, public universities, and community colleges with a much needed $15 billion in bonds to upgrade facilities and build new ones.

March 10, 2020 | Anne Stanton

After careful consideration and several conversations with many of you today, it is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that we have decided to postpone the Linked Learning 2020 Institute, which was scheduled to take place March 16-17, 2020 in Long Beach, CA.

January 21, 2020 | Anne Stanton

The Linked Learning Alliance applauds Governor Newsom’s proposed budget for recognizing the importance of creating a student-centered education system. It sends a clear message: Providing students with a continuum of integrated supports across the educational journey is critical to ensuring success in both college and career.

January 14, 2020 | Anne Stanton

Before commencing the search for the next President of the University of California, the University of California Regents requested observations and advice to inform the search process. The Linked Learning Alliance provided this testimony at a public forum at the University of California, Los Angeles on January 14.

October 24, 2019 | Anne Stanton

Please save the date for the Linked Learning Institute—designed to support practitioners, as well as school and district leaders, in scaling and sustaining systemic strategies that enrich communities and keep learning relevant for students.

October 14, 2019 | Anne Stanton

Today we make a great stride forward in meeting the California public education system’s goal of preparing all students for college and career. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law AB 1240, which updates the definition of “pupil achievement” that schools report in their Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) in an important way.

September 10, 2019 | Anne Stanton

Charged with finding new ideas for increasing college completion in the Central and San Joaquin Valleys and Inland Empire, the new Council for Post-Secondary Education has an important responsibility—and a remarkable opportunity—to tackle issues at the core of our state’s dismal postsecondary completion rates.