Continuation High Schools: Supporting Overage and Undercredited Youth
Presenters
Jorge Ruiz de Velasco (Primary)
Associate Director
Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Dennis Fisher (Primary)
Former Education Programs Consultant, Education Options Office
California Department of Education
Description
This webinar, part of a series of WestEd-sponsored webinars related to the educational goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will summarize findings from a year-long descriptive study of California's continuation high schools, which offer an alternative for students at risk of not completing their education and which are a cornerstone of the state's dropout prevention strategy. The webinar will highlight the qualities and practices of continuation high schools with positive student outcomes. Presenters include Dennis Fisher, longtime staff member with the Education Options Office at the California Department of Education (CDE) and Jorge Ruiz de Velasco, Associate Director of the Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
The archives from the past webinars in this ARRA series are available to view at any time and include:
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- Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: Resources from Doing What Works
- Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Transforming Schools: Charter Schools as a Strategy for School Turnarounds
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Alternative Education Options: A Descriptive Study of California Continuation High Schools
This issue brief summarizes initial findings from a year-long descriptive study of continuation high schools in California. It is the first in a series of reports from the ongoing California Alternative Education Research Project conducted jointly by the John W. Gardner Center at Stanford University, the National Center for Urban School Transformation at San Diego State University, and WestEd's Health and Human Development Program.
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