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    The "Linked Learning" Name Linked Learning is the new name for the educational approach formerly known in California as "multiple pathways." After extensive public opinion research, the schools and organizations implementing this approach selected the Linked Learning name to more clearly convey its unique benefits to students, educators, parents and policymakers. Read More.
  • July 26, 2010
    ConnectEd’s Gary Hoachlander on High Schools of the Future
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  • July 26, 2010
    High School Education: Multiple Pathways and Student Choice
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  • July 25, 2010
    Linking courses to careers improves grad rates
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  • June 16, 2010
    Antioch set to roll out newest high school academy
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  • April 1, 2010
    The Old College Try
    Philanthropy Roundtable
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  • March 2010
    Linked Learning Issue Brief
    Alliance for Excellent Education
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  • March 2010
    In Districtwide Initiative, High School Leaders See Chance for Real Reform
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  • November 2009
    Pathways to Success
    Leadership Magazine
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  • September 17, 2009
    Students at Life Academy in Oakland tell digital stoires about immigration
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  • July 20, 2009
    Multiple Pathways: Bringing School to Life
    Education Week
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  • July 20, 2009
    Multiple Pathways: New York and California Styles
    Education Week High School Connections Blog
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  • June 23-25, 2009
    California Linked Learning District Initiative grants awarded

  • March 14, 2009
    Small academies for big aspirations
    East County Times
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  • March 14, 2009
    Why choose? Oakland high schools to embrace college and career prep
    The Oakland Tribune
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  • February 17, 2009
    Obama wants stimulus to transform schools
    Associated Press
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  • November 20, 2008
    Combining Vocational Ed with Academics
    KPBS, These Days
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  • September 5, 2008
    The Career Academy Story
    Education Week
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  • June 26, 2008
    Career Programs Stress College, Too, and Give Students a Leg Up, Study Says
    The New York Times
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  • June 8, 2008
    On Topic: The vocational path as a student option
    The San Diego Union Tribune
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  • June 1, 2008
    Education not mutually exclusive
    The Sacramento Bee
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  • May, 2008
    Bringing Industry to the Classroom
    Educational Leadership
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  • March 2, 2008
    ACEs hard at work
    Press-Telegram
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  • February 2008
    Improving vocational education
    Los Angeles Times, Blogs
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  • February 18, 2008
    Shop class retooled at S.F. high school
    San Francisco Chronicle
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  • February 2, 2008
    Students in vocational classes grasp the concepts
    Orange County Register
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  • September 26, 2007
    Vocational education less about jobs, more about careers
    The Modesto Bee
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  • August 15, 2007
    Students can train for aviation, architecture jobs
    Ventura County Star
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  • June 12, 2007
    Diplomas Count: Ready for What?
    Education Week
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  • June 10, 2007
    From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers
    California Job Journal
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  • April 2007
    Career technical education: Vocational ed gets a new lease on life
    The California Educator
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  • April 27, 2007
    To reduce dropouts, try a new '3 R's'
    The San Francisco Chronicle
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  • February 24, 2007
    School offers new path to success
    The Sacramento Bee
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  • Winter 2007
    A High School for Health Career
    UC DAVIS Magazine Online
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  • May 9, 2006
    Educators blend divergent schools of thought
    By Jay Mathews
    The Washington Post
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