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College and Career pathways have been part of the San Diego county educational landscape for almost twenty years. Leveraging the Small Learning Community (SLC) grants it received in the early 2000s, San Diego Unified expanded this work to include college and career pathways. The district is home to two of the first certified Linked Learning pathways, the School of Digital Media & Design (DMD) and what is now called Engineering, Innovation and Design (EID). The district has also helped transform Clairemont High School from a traditional, comprehensive high school into one that is “wall-to-wall” pathways. It has been designated as a Linked Learning Demonstration Site and hosts a series of on-site experiential visits each year.
ConnectED’s initial support focused primarily on San Diego Unified, and has since expanded to include district and pathway support throughout the region. Current work includes helping the county build out and sustain a regional work-based learning system (they are using an ePortal platform to power this work), as well as improving the overall quality of Career and Technical Education (CTE), which is a core component of Linked Learning.
San Diego County
College and Career pathways have been part of the San Diego county educational landscape for almost twenty years. Leveraging the Small Learning Community (SLC) grants it received in the early 2000s, San Diego Unified expanded this work to include college and career pathways. The district is home to two of the first certified Linked Learning […]
Pasadena
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) was one of the nine participating districts in the Linked Learning District Initiative. PUSD has implemented Linked Learning pathways—called College and Career Academies—in all four of their high schools, as well as two alternative education sites (currently, 50% of all high school students are enrolled in a pathway). Since the […]
Porterville
The roots of Linked Learning started in Porterville when the district opened Harmony Magnet Academy in 2008. Since that time, the Porterville Unified School District (PUSD) has expanded pathways to all of its high schools, and is now seeking ways to introduce Linked Learning into its middle and elementary schools as well. The district, which […]
Oakland
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), one of the original participants in the Linked Learning District Initiative, is in the process of implementing pathways at each of the district’s high schools. This is in large part supported through a ground-breaking local initiative, Measure N, a parcel tax which Oakland voters approved in 2014 that provides nearly […]
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was one of the original nine participating districts in the Linked Learning District Initiative. Since that time, the district has expanded its Linked Learning pathways, adding a new cohort of schools each year (there are now 72 pathways in the district). ConnectED has partnered with LAUSD since the beginning […]
Long Beach
Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) has long been recognized as one of the nation’s leading urban school districts (it was awarded the Broad Prize in 2017). It also is one of the leading districts in terms of Linked Learning implementation with “wall-to-wall” pathways, meaning that every high school student in the district is enrolled […]
Fresno
Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) has been a ConnectED partner since 2013. Fresno’s College and Career Readiness office has worked closely with ConnectED’s Learning and Teaching team to build systems and structures to implement, and to provide ongoing support to over 20 Pathways across 8 high schools. These Pathways span such industries as health sciences, […]
Elk Grove
Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) was an early adopter of College and Career Pathways via the California Partnership Academy model. District leaders and pathway teams began using the Essential Elements for Pathway Quality as their framework for developing a culture of continuous improvement of pathway development. Supported by a team of pathway coordinators and […]
Eastside Union
Eastside Union High School District (ESUHSD) embarked on an ambitious plan in 2014 to create a system of College and Career Pathways at each of its high schools.. The district has established links with both its community college partners so students can earn post-secondary credits, and with its middle school feeder schools to better prepare […]
Madison
Seeking to address a long-standing equity challenge, the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) began a planning process in 2013 to identify a strategy to reform their high schools. As a result of that process, the district embarked on a multi-year plan to ensure all of their students graduate college, career and community ready. The initiative, […]