Landmark Foster Youth Research Reveals Struggles

Foster Youth Transitions, a landmark study just released by IEBC in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Social Services Research (CSSR) and with funding from the Stuart Foundation, validates that students in foster care struggle even more with academic success than a matched comparison group with similar disadvantages. Findings and recommendations are part of the report.

Tuning starts in California!

On May 3, 2013. California State University San Bernardino, in partnership with the Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) and ACCJC, convened the first Tuning working group in California. Participants included 10 community colleges, Cal Poly Pomona and CSU San Bernardino. The first disciplines to be tuned are sociology, education and communication studies. For more Tuning information, including how to register for next month’s inaugural Tuning USA Symposium,

College of the Desert Regional Faculty Work

Working with IEBC and building on faculty collaborations over the past few years, California’s College of the Desert has initiated a regional intersegmental faculty council this year that integrates Career and Technical Education (CTE), math and English faculty. The council’s members include regional high school, community college and university faculty.

IEBC around the Country

•The groundbreaking research on Foster Youth High School to College Pathways was presented by IEBC vice president Jordan Horowitz at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference in San Francisco, California.

• New grants have been confirmed as IEBC undertakes new work in Colorado and Idaho and expanded work in Texas.

K12 Linked Learning tool released

Following an IEBC In-SITES tool webinar for K-12 school districts participating in Linked Learning work, IEBC released the tool designed to streamline relevant and usable data, making it easier to find and use the most important information for continuous program improvement.