Tool / Toolkit
Golden State Pathways
Linked Learning Alliance
A resource about a grant program to improve college and career readiness in California high schools.
Tag: College and Career Pathways
Policy Brief/Proposal
COYN 2023 Policy Agenda
New Ways to Work
A overview of the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN)'s 2023 policy agenda, describing six issues and the actions that COYN will take to advance them.
Research/Report
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Foster(ing) Youth in the California State University: Understanding the Vital Role of Campus Support Programs
University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools
A study providing an analysis of California State University's campus-based support programs for students with foster care experience.
Research/Report
Community Schooling Issue 4
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A multimedia publication from the UCLA Center for Community Schooling featuring public scholarship to inform the collective struggle for democracy, justice, and public education.
Graphic/Infographic
Fostering Statewide Prosperity Through California’s Opportunity Youth
New Ways to Work
An infographic sharing insights drawn from statisitics and data about opportunity youth and their disconnection from work and school.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Encinal Students Featured on KQED’s Youth Takeover Week
KQED Inc.
A news story about a youth broadcasters from Encinal Jr. Sr. High School.
Policy Brief/Proposal
First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2023-24 May Revision
California Budget & Policy Center
A report outlining key pieces of the California governor's May 2023-24 Revision and exploring how the governor prioritized spending amid the first budget shortfall of his tenure.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Catalyzing Conversations on Coherence Webinar
Linked Learning Alliance
A webinar providing an overview of the state and federal funding streams that can be leveraged in concert with one another to launch relevant and rigorous pathways in communities and introduces a new suite of new tools and resources that can be used to further understanding of creating coherence in the high school and postsecondary experience.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
The Future of Smart Podcast
Grantmakers for Education
A 17-episode series of podcasts exploring ideas at the intersection of education, equity, and philanthropy that point us towards a radical re-envisioning of our education system.
Framework/Guide
Education and Training Vouchers
Urban Institute
A comprehensive evaluation of the Education and Teaching Voucher program to assist young adults in or formerly in foster care with their postsecondary education needs.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Four Ways to Help Young People with Foster Care Experience Afford College
Urban Institute
A set of recommendations for improving the Foster Care system in California.
Research/Report
Participant Perspectives on Education and Training Vouchers
Urban Institute
A research report highlighting the experiences of young people who have experienced foster care and received Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) to help fund their postsecondary education.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Rockin’ Career Tech in High School
All4Ed
A podcast featuring discussion with Brian Miller, Principal of Regional Occupational Programs at Kern High School in Bakersfield, CA.
Research/Report
Supporting Successful Transitions Into Adulthood For Youth In Foster Care: Reforming California’s Independent Living Program
Children Now
A report highlighting data about transition age foster youth, with policy and program recommendations for California's Independent Living Program (ILP).
Story / Case Study / Commentary
The Power Of Us Comes From Fully Being Us and Fully Seeing Them
KP Catalysts, LLC
An opinion essay about the importance of the Power of Us Survey by the American Institutes for Research, which provides valuable data on the youth workforce in various settings, including challenges related to staff shortages and diversification, emphasizing the significance of relationships in the learning and development ecosystem.
Research/Report
California’s Hidden Gem: An Introduction and Overview of California’s Adult Education System
New Ways to Work
A overview of key features and elements of California adult education programs, with a focus on the Los Angeles basin, published to promote broader awareness of their value as well as to posit the importance of strategic partnerships and greater collaboration between adult education programs, county and city workforce development agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities providing services to adults.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, and Financial Aid in California
Urban Institute
A brief describing the financial support that students who have experienced foster care receive to attend college compared with those of their peers in California.
Research/Report
San José Public Library Foundation 2023 Impact Report
San José Public Library Foundation
A short impact report featuring images, graphics, charts, and words from 2023 about the SJ Aspires program, which partners directly with San José high school to give students the opportunity to claim scholarship dollars that they can use for education after high school by completing activities aligned with college and career readiness.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Closing the college going gap
California School Boards Association
A magazine story about how school districts in California are leveraging dual enrollment in community colleges to expand access to higher education.
Policy Brief/Proposal
First Look: Understanding the Governor’s Proposed 2023-24 State Budget
California Budget & Policy Center
A report outlining key pieces of the 2023-24 California budget proposal and exploring how the governor prioritized spending and determined cuts amid the first budget shortfall of his tenure.