New from Jossey Bass

The College Completion Agenda: Practical Approaches for Reaching the Big Goal: New Directions for Community Colleges. Edited by IEBC President/CEO Brad C. Phillips and IEBC Vice President Jordan E. Horowitz, the volume includes practical strategies and solutions drawn from the field to address key aspects of colleges that can be the focus of efforts to support the College Completion Agenda.

Irvine Foundation Awards Linked Learning Grant

The James Irvine Foundation awards $1.4m one-year grant to the Institute for Evidence-based Change to continue data support for the Linked Learning District Initiative and expand support to regional hubs across California. Linked Learning is a career pathways initiative integrating rigorous academics with career-based learning and real-world workplace experiences and student support services. Its goal is to tap into young people's motivation to understand that education matters.

NOW AVAILABLE – Real World, Contextualized Curriculum: Math, English and Career Technical Education Guides

The Strategic Linking of Academic and Technical Education (SLATE) project has built on the known advantages of contextual learning by teaming high school and college English and mathematics faculty with faculty from career technical education sectors and pathways. The result: Contextualized lessons and guides ready for teaching at the high school and college levels.

Data Use in the Spotlight

At this week’s national Achieving the Dream Conference in Florida, the data use session presented by Brad Phillips, IEBC President/CEO, garnered twice the anticipated attendance and high interest as educators focused on understanding data and using what is relevant.

On March 3, Lauren Sosenko, IEBC Associate Director, in collaboration with Robin Schmitt of the Antioch School District and Theresa Esparrago with ConnectEd, will be presenting at the Education for Career Conference on the IEBC data work with Linked Learning.