Funding to Transform California’s High School Education
Download PDF$82 million in school grants for a better approach to learning
by Paul Bunton
A promising new concept known as “multiple pathways” integrates academ¬ics with career and technical education (CTE). Pathways encourages students to select from a variety of themed programs in any of California’s 15 major industries. By com¬bining instruction in essential subjects placed in the context of real-world application, these programs were found to motivate students, resulting in lower dropout rates and higher wages for high school graduates.
The State of California Office of Public School Construction has issued two rounds of grant funds for CTE in¬struction, and will again be issuing CTE grants in mid-2010, of approximately $82 million. The steps in the application process are to form an advisory committee, create partner-ships for devel¬opment of the CTE Plan, and to fill out the application, which would include facility design plans and equip¬ment required. Once received, grants have enabled school districts to add performing arts centers to support the Arts, Media and Entertainment pathway, as well as new laboratories that support biomedi¬cal instruction for the Health Science and Medical Technology pathway – in each case creating a truly integrated cur¬riculum.
by Paul Bunton
A promising new concept known as “multiple pathways” integrates academ¬ics with career and technical education (CTE). Pathways encourages students to select from a variety of themed programs in any of California’s 15 major industries. By com¬bining instruction in essential subjects placed in the context of real-world application, these programs were found to motivate students, resulting in lower dropout rates and higher wages for high school graduates.
The State of California Office of Public School Construction has issued two rounds of grant funds for CTE in¬struction, and will again be issuing CTE grants in mid-2010, of approximately $82 million. The steps in the application process are to form an advisory committee, create partner-ships for devel¬opment of the CTE Plan, and to fill out the application, which would include facility design plans and equip¬ment required. Once received, grants have enabled school districts to add performing arts centers to support the Arts, Media and Entertainment pathway, as well as new laboratories that support biomedi¬cal instruction for the Health Science and Medical Technology pathway – in each case creating a truly integrated cur¬riculum.
