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Wind Tunnels and Sheep Brains: Students Get Their STEM Wings at This L.A. School
At her aerospace engineering elective, high school senior Keren Araujo shows off the latest creation.
New Certification Program to Create More Uniform Standards Among High School Career Academies
California’s hundreds of high school career academies can now boost their prestige—and create more uniformity in quality—through a new voluntary certification program, announced by the Linked Learning Alliance at its annual conference in Oakland on Jan. 24.
Students Will Earn "Digital Badges" Demonstrating New Science Skills
Students at the Del Lago Academy are not just going for a good grade in their biochemistry class. They’re also trying to earn “digital badges” they hope will land them internships in the region’s burgeoning biotech industry – and help them throughout their careers.
Supply Lags Booming Demand for Career Technical Teachers
In appropriating nearly $1.5 billion over five years for career technical education opportunities, the Legislature made an assumption that funding would make them happen.
Report: Linked Learning Programs Lead to Improved Student Outcomes
High school students in Linked Learning programs are more likely to earn a diploma and are better prepared for college and careers, a new independent evaluation of programs in nine California school districts found.
Guidance Offered on Career Preparation
Ensuring schools are adequately preparing students for careers is just as important as ensuring they prepare students for college, says a new paper that proposes districts add specific career-readiness measures, such as the number of students who complete work-based learning programs, to their accountability plans to the public.
Preparing Teachers for Career Pathways
Denise Vela never thought she’d be teaching high school English quite like this, and certainly never as part of an engineering program.
Map and Charts: Career Academies in California
Check out our new interactive map on career academies in California high schools for 2013-2014.
New Online Database Aims to Get Students Into Internships
A growing push to give students on-the-job work experience as part of their coursework faces a bedeviling challenge: finding suitable job placements can be complicated and labor-intensive work.