Michelle Maitre
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Governor proposes boost for career education
Career education is projected to receive a boost under Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, part of a larger push for workforce development training in California.
Michelle Maitre
January 28, 2015
Counselors optimistic about resurgence in schools
A shortage of school counselors has hampered efforts to serve students. But additional funding and a growing state focus on college and career preparation – and a new push from the First Lady – are translating to additional resources and more attention to counselors' role.
Michelle Maitre
January 22, 2015
Diverse field for community college bachelor's degrees
Programs in mortuary science, dental hygiene and automotive technology are among those selected to pilot bachelor’s degrees at California community colleges, officials announced Tuesday.
Michelle Maitre
January 20, 2015
Obama proposes free community college
President Barack Obama has unveiled a proposal to make the first two years of community college free for "responsible students."
Michelle Maitre
January 8, 2015
Brown: $65.7 billion for schools next year
Gov. Jerry Brown gave education top billing during remarks at his historic fourth swearing in ceremony Monday and forecast billions in additional school funding next year.
Michelle Maitre
January 5, 2015
Home economics classes defy stereotypes
Once known as domestic education that raised images of young women learning how to be housewives, home economics of today serves more than 160,000 students across the state in programs that focus on careers in culinary arts, fashion design, child development and more.
Michelle Maitre
December 29, 2014
Student work program demystifies careers
Students enrolled in Antioch High School's engineering and design academy get hands-on work experience through a partnership with Verizon. The program offers internships, mentorship and guidance about resumes, professional behavior and other work skills.
Michelle Maitre
December 14, 2014
New evaluation of Linked Learning initiative
Linked learning high school programs hold promise in boosting student engagement and lead to “moderately greater” success in school, according to a new independent evaluation of nine such programs in California.
Michelle Maitre
December 10, 2014
Storm warning prompts school closures
More than half a dozen school districts across California will close Thursday in anticipation of a major storm that is damaging the state’s collective calm.
Michelle Maitre
December 10, 2014
Obama announces $1 billion for preschool
Making a case that strong early education is vital for both personal and national prosperity, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a package of more than $1 billion in federal and private funding to expand preschool and other early childhood programs across the United States.
Michelle Maitre
December 10, 2014
Census offers snapshot of young adults
Today’s young adults are more likely to have a college degree than their peers who came of age 30 years ago, but also are more likely to be unemployed and living in poverty than young adults in 1980, according to vast new census statistics released Thursday.
Michelle Maitre
December 4, 2014
Guidance offered on career preparation
A new policy brief from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education offers recommendations for including career-preparation measures in school districts' Local Control and Accountability Plans. Such measures could include the number of students who complete work-based learning programs.
Michelle Maitre
December 2, 2014
Preparing teachers for career pathways
California State Universities are training new teachers in best practices for implementing career pathway programs that integrate academics with real-world work experience.
Michelle Maitre
November 24, 2014
Keen interest in vocational bachelor's degrees
Baccalaureate programs in mortuary science, ranch management and cyber security are among the proposed wish list from community colleges interested in offering the advanced degrees. Half of all districts in California have expressed interest in offering bachelor's degrees allowed under a new law.
Michelle Maitre
November 19, 2014
Reworking remedial education
The California Acceleration Project aims to revise and shorten the traditional remedial education sequence, helping increase the number of community college students who pass credit-bearing math and English within their first year of starting college.