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Sept. 27: Edutopia spotlights Linked Learning research
- 09-29-2010
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Linked Learning, an area of research at UCLA IDEA, was highlighted for is ability to create engaged students and civic participants.
In Edutopia.org's "Schools That Work" section, blueprints and ideas of successful schools are shared. Marisa Saunders, senior research associate heading IDEA's research on Linked Learning looking at 10 case studies across the state, wrote about the current research supporting the integration of career and college-preparatory education.
"Preliminary findings are consistent with the optimistic evaluations of career academies," said Saunders in Linking Learning to Life: A High School Transformation Effort,co-written with graduate-student researcher Erica Hamilton.
"A current study of 10 Linked Learning programs in California, for example, has so far found that students in these programs have dramatically lower dropout rates and slightly higher graduation rates, than the state as a whole, and are more likely to graduate with the courses required for admission to California's public universities."
To read the full article, visit the "Research Roundup" on the Career and Technical Education section.
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