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John Muir Charter Schools and Rancho Cielo YouthBuild Students Win the Orange County Sustainability Decathlon

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In October 2023, John Muir Charter Schools and Rancho Cielo YouthBuild students participated in the The Orange County Sustainability Decathlon Challenge, a contest to design and build a model solar-powered home that addresses climate change and California’s housing needs, showcases innovation and ensures the home is market-ready and can educate the community about the challenges See The Story

Career Technical Education: “A Conversation on Professional Learning Networks and Why They Matter to You”

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The Terrain of CTE In various regions, Career Technical Education (CTE) or Career Education (CE) represents a sophisticated integration of academic and industrial principles. CTE extends its influence from creating collegiate-level degrees to establishing programs in grades 7-12. These programs are strategically designed to align with industry requirements, equipping students with indispensable skills for the See The Story

Increasing Systems-Involved Youth Access to WIOA-Funded Programs and Services

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California’s OSY Waiver Background on COYN and WIOA  The California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN) is a statewide network that facilitates communication, organizing, and policy advocacy to remedy systemic inequities affecting Opportunity Youth (OY) across California. COYN defines OY as youth disconnected from school and work we well as “systems-involved youth” served by the foster care, See The Story

Keynote Speaker Joseph F. Johnson Jr

Keynote Speaker Announced – RAPSA Forum 2021

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RAPSA is Proud to Announce Dr. Joseph Johnson as the Keynote Speaker for the 10th annual RAPSA Forum Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D. Dr. Joseph Johnson is the Founding Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) at San Diego State University. NCUST identifies, studies, and promotes the best practices of high-performing See The Story

Reengage Students and Inform Learning

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&nbsp Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance Meet the Reengage Students Strand While multiple reports document the impact of the global pandemic, we have failed to examine decades of sustained, perhaps exponential, loss of learning opportunity in reading and mathematics. As schools across the nation shut down, so did, through no choice of their See The Story

Literacy Problems: Let’s stop Treating the symptoms and Address the Root Cause

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&nbsp Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer Meet the Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Equity Strand Educational journalist, Emily Hanford, states that “equity in education begins with early decoding skills.” Indeed, for most learners, mastering the mechanics of a sound-based language, is the pathway to literacy; however, once these mechanics are developed, reading growth depends, more than See The Story

What we are Learning about Poverty and Learning

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&nbsp Dr. Jan Bryan, National Education Officer, Renaissance Meet the Beyond School strand This journal is organized around four key strands: Reengaging Learners, Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Equity, Beyond School, and Embrace Biliteracy.  The following article aligns to the Beyond School strand. Articles in this strand address factors outside of school that impact learning. Poverty and See The Story

National League of Cities Opportunity Youth Resources

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March 20, 2020 Boston & Mass Resource Links Gathered by Larry Smith Coronavirus and Massachusetts Nonprofits CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) IN BOSTON MASS Information on the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Boston Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources Boston How You Can Help During the Coronavirus Outbreak Blue Cross Coronavirus Resource Center Education Development Center Free online educational See The Story