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Kindergarten is the right time to start thinking about a career. Here’s why.
Cajon Valley Union School District is wasting no time preparing its students for the workforce. Starting in kindergarten, kids are introduced to careers through the district’s World of Work curriculum, which exposes students to at least six potential careers each year.
More than mentoring: 5 ways leaders can help students expand their influence
Superintendents, principals and other educators may find success by taking an “asset-based approach" to mentorship. This means helping learners build social capital and expand their influence by strengthening connections with people they already know, says Fisher, whose Students’ Hidden Networks analysis offers comprehensive guidance on a technique called “relationship mapping.”
$50 million fund will help Oakland students pay for college
A day after California launched college savings accounts for all low-income students, Oakland unveiled a $50 million boost for its own college savings account program.
Medicaid Changes Could Provide a Big Boost to School Mental Health Services
Educators hope new federal measures will provide crucial resources to schools to help them navigate the bureaucratic maze and open up a long-term funding stream to help them tackle a widely recognized youth mental health crisis.
Los Angeles Skilled Trades Program Mixes Summer Jobs and Training All in One
This five-week paid program is one of five projects serving more than 200 county youth, many in charter schools or academic recovery programs, in the Los Angeles County Skilled Trades Summers program, which is privately funded by Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, a program of the Smidt Foundation.
Community schools promote equity: We need more of them
The U.S. Department of Education has invited applications for $68 million in grants for community schools, representing almost four times more money than was made available in 2018. And the Biden administration said it aims to dedicate as much as $468 million to community schools in 2023.
State ed leaders: More data needed to understand teacher shortages
Heading into the 2022-23 school year, Indiana has 1,906 teacher vacancies, including 451 for special education, said Katie Jenner, Indiana secretary of education. There’s a downward trend of teachers entering the profession in Indiana, she said on teacher shortages held by the Education Commission of the States.
Network helping states explore registered teacher apprenticeships
The National Center for Grow Your Own launched a new effort to connect states looking to use the apprenticeship model to combat teacher shortages.
There are lots of bad ideas for solving the teacher shortage, but not enough for improving the profession
Let’s stop making matters worse and try to do more to keep US teachers in the classroom, writes Anne Lutz Fernandez.