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Recipe for Success: Hercules High's Award-Winning Student-Run Company Sells Cookbook, Resuable Bags
On Monday, the award-winning project from Hercules High’s Academy of Hospitality and International Tourism (AHIT) announced it has been selected to represent Northern California at the 2015 Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
Linked Learning Alliance Names Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff a "Policy Champion"
Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) was recognized as “Policy Champion” during a Policy Convention recently hosted by the Linked Learning Alliance in Sacramento.
Closing the Gap Between School and Work
Engaging learning preps top students and keeps struggling students in school.
"Linked Learning" Gives High School Students Hands-On, Real-World Career Training
Under the watchful eye of Marin County prosecutor Otis Bruce, Jr., De Anza High School senior Angelina Quilic, 18, stepped confidently to the podium in her law academy class and fired questions at her witness, classmate Kofi Asante, 17.
Guest Commentary: Nonprofit's Big Bet on Linked Learning
The Atlantic Philanthropies is committed to spending its considerable endowment by 2020 in a final push to find workable answers to some seemingly intractable social problems.
Linked Learning Jumpstarts Health Careers
At a high school in Oakland, California, students learn how to deliver a baby and tie a tourniquet as part of an education philosophy that emphasizes real-world health issues and skills.
HISD Gets Nearly $30M in Federal Funding
The Houston Independent School District has earned nearly $30 million in federal "Race to the Top" funding.
East Oakland Sports Complex Offers Oakland Students a Glimpse at the Real World
Thirteen students from our Health and Fitness Pathway at Dewey Academy had the honor of taking a backstage tour at the East Oakland Sports Complex (EOSC).
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.