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Understanding the debate behind California’s new math framework
In the push to help more students thrive in science, tech, engineering and math, California is working to change the way its schools teach math. But the suggested new framework has sparked widespread criticism.
New Business Pledge Urges Employers to Increase Equity and Representation in U.S. Apprenticeship and Hiring Practices
Jobs for the Future mobilizes employers to take proactive steps to remove barriers that limit access to apprenticeship.
California community college students choosing jobs over class likely fuel enrollment drop
California’s precipitous drop in undergraduate college enrollment — driven largely by big declines in community college attendance — has continued for a second straight year, a trend fueled by a declining population and pandemic pressures drawing young adults to the workforce, not classrooms.
UC slams the door on standardized admissions tests, nixing any SAT alternative
The University of California has slammed the door shut on using any standardized test for admissions decisions, announcing that faculty could find no alternative exam that would avoid the biased results that led leaders to scrap the SAT last year.
Update shows undergraduate enrollment decline growing to 3.5% this fall
Undergraduate enrollment sank 3.5% this fall, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The figures, based on almost three-fourths of institutions reporting their enrollment as of Oct. 21, are largely in line with numbers the organization released last month.
SEL can strengthen the soft skills employers seek
As schools seed SEL skills across curricula, educators may want to focus on parents, helping them understand the value for teaching these tools in the classroom, Sheldon Berman, lead superintendent for social-emotional learning at AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of Learning Policy Institute, write in a blog for LPI, citing a study from the Fordham Institute.
$20 billion more projected in early forecast for 2022-23 funding for K-14 schools
The state Legislative Analyst’s Office is projecting a double-digit increase in billions of dollars and percentages in 2022-23 in education funding under Proposition 98.
'Great Resignation' underscores need for access to career exploration and work-based opportunities
Hands-on exposure and focus on essential soft skills are needed to produce a generation better prepared for and fulfilled by work, two experts write.
California community college system urged to do more to help students complete college
Amid declining enrollment, California’s community colleges should do more to help students in the system stay enrolled once they get there and complete their college goals, faculty and members of the statewide board of governors said.