Linda Collins, executive director of Career Ladders Project, joined a panel discussion on Dec. 1 about health career pathways at California’s community colleges. Hosted by the Public Policy Institute of [...]
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Webinar Series: Quantitative Leap How Math Policies Can Support Transitions To and Through College
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Seizing Twelfth Grade to Improve Math Readiness: Senior-Year Transition Courses
Faced with high proportions of students needing remedial math courses in college, education systems [...]
Lessons from California’s Youth Manufacturing Skills Pilot
“Through the Youth Manufacturing Skills Pilot (YMSP), the [California Workforce Development Board] proposed to build upon and elevate promising models such as the [Career Advancement Academies]… to a heightened level [...]
New Brief from LearningWorks Calls for Alignment and Coherence
“Misalignment and policy incoherence can place needless obstacles in students’ way. Disjointed pathways create barriers to college access and completion, costing students and the state both time and money. The [...]
New Report Focuses on Contextualized Teaching and Learning
“Career Advancement Academies (CAAs) have been implemented in colleges across several regions of California and have provided a rich testing ground for more structured and integrated approaches to support student [...]
What is the Economic Value of Community College Degrees and Certificates?
In a blog article recently posted to PACE’s website, CLP’s Director of Research Mina Dadgar synthesized her recent study conducted in collaboration with Madeline Joy Trimble of Columbia University. By analyzing [...]
Legal Opinion 16-02 Addresses Dual Enrollment and AB 288 (CCAP)
Legal Opinion 16-02, issued by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, addresses two key legal issues: CCAP partnerships under AB 288; and districts’ ability to operate outside of the CCAP [...]
As Governor Jerry Brown calls for math reform, LearningWorks initiatives emerge.
Oakland, Calif., March 1, 2016. LearningWorks was featured in an article in EdSource about Governor Jerry Brown’s intent to ask California institutions to reform math education.
The governor [...]