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New America Media - November 3, 2008
By Jeannie Oakes and Mónica García
Editor's note: Los Angeles just adopted a new strategy for high schools called "Multiple Pathways" that joins rigorous academics with career training as a strategy to increase graduation rates and improve opportunities for all students. Oakes is the former co-director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, and García is Board President of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified School District last Tuesday took a bold step to increase career and higher education options for high school students. The Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution that will add programs to the district's strategies to increase achievement, graduation rates, college preparation and career readiness. The approach is called multiple pathways, and together with small learning communities and small schools, multiple pathways can address the problem of tracking students away from their chances for post-secondary education and 21st century careers.
Multiple pathways has strong support from the Los Angeles Partnership for Multiple Pathways, a coalition of business, research, advocacy and community groups, as well as parents and educators. The idea was developed over the last few years by the James Irvine Foundation, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career and UCLA IDEA. It brings academic abstractions to life with problem-based learning in real-world contexts.
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