San Jose Unified School District’s Six PLUS Schools
San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD), in an attempt to address the needs of its diverse student population, has created a myriad of options for students who may not fit the traditional mold.Necessary Small Continuation High Schools, also referred to as the Plus Schools, provide social structure and educational interventions in cooperation with a comprehensive high school that assists at-risk students to graduate and pursue post-secondary educational and vocational options.
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Proposed State Budget will include monies to improve Career Technical Education programs
The governor's proposed 2007-08 budget includes $52 million to improve Career Technical Education programs by enhancing curriculum, increasing teacher recruitment and training, and maximizing bond funds for new facilities.
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Campaign to encourage low-income and first-generation students to take steps needed to attend college is launched
The Lumina Foundation for Education, the Ad Council, and the American Council on Education have launched on January 19th, a joint national public service advertising campaign to encourage low-income and first-generation students to take the steps needed to attend college.
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Broad Foundation Opportunity for Urban School Principal Training Programs
The Broad Foundation plans to increase its investments in training programs that develop strong, high-quality principals in urban schools and is seeking proposals.
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Free Website! Connect to resources focusing on school change
Educators, are you feeling the pressure to make big changes and improve student achievement in your district or school? Short on time to keep up with new research or learning how other schools are making big improvements? Read on!
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Greetings from Pearl
I hope this newsletter finds you well as the school year marches along. The Alternative Education Collaborative (AEC) has been busy on many fronts and I am pleased to welcome many new members to the collaborative from school districts, CBO’s, city support services, and juvenile justice. We welcome all to the collaborative who are serving at-risk and struggling youth. It is through our collective work that we touch the lives of many students and families and help them on their education journey to a bright future.
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Legislation Advocacy Needed (AB 143)
Letters are needed now to support Assembly Bill 143 that allows charter schools serving exclusively at-risk youth to receive funding equitable to Community Day Schools. Your participation could make a significant difference for a number of students in our county.
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Student’s Mission to Repair New Orleans
A group of high school students from the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s Ridgemont Community School, traveled to New Orleans in February and helped in the restoration of the home of a 79-year-young great grandmother whose home was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Since the hurricane, she was living with all of her belongings in one room. All alone and with no insurance, there was little hope that she would ever be able to repair her home.
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Communities Empowering Youth Project Update
The Communities Empowering Youth (CEY) Project, in its first year of a three-year federal grant funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services with United Way Silicon Valley/AEC as the lead agency, is focusing on carrying out concurrent capacity building activities by its three partnering agencies.
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Countywide Collaborative- Juvenile Court Education Task Force (JET)
The Santa Clara County Juvenile Court Education Task Force (JET), spearheaded by Silicon Valley Children’s Fund, is a county wide collaborative working to improve educational outcomes for foster youth. The goals of the JET Task Force include the development of interagency protocols as well as the successful implementation and launch of a web-based Foster Youth Information Network.
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Improving Alternative Education in California
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has just issued a report that addresses how well alternative education programs serve the 10-15% of high school students who enroll each year.
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Key Study on California Public Education Funding Released
California School Finance and Governance Studies, “Getting Down to Facts,” led by the Institute for Research on Education Policy & Practice at Stanford University were recently released with key findings for public education.
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"Multiple Perspectives on Multiple Pathways" Series
“Multiple Perspectives on Multiple Pathways” consist of a collection of fifteen essays written by distinguished California scholars. The papers in this collection provide multiple perspectives in their reviews, synthesis and interpretations of existing research on Multiple Pathways. They also provide analyses of alternatives that can provide multiple pathways to high school graduation and postsecondary options that include both college and career.
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Harvard Study on Living Conditions of Children
Check out the stats on this webpage!
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AEC 2007 Teach for Excellence Mini-Grant Program
This year AEC launched its 2nd Annual 2007 Teach for Excellence Mini-Grant Program to provide direct classroom assistance to teachers and students in the classroom. Teachers in the alternative education community were asked to submit lesson plans demonstrating innovation and creativity in fostering education and encouraging students’ enthusiasm to learn.
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