Paid Internships at Scale

The Linked Learning Alliance partnered with Great Public School Now (GPSN) on a two-year pilot to increase the number of Los Angeles students of color and low-income students completing high school internships. This case study identifies lessons learned from the primary stakeholders in this experience: participating students, school staff, district staff, and employers. It highlights barriers each group faced, effective practices that surfaced along the way, and recommendations for future internship evolution with the goal of reaching scale in LAUSD.