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For the Media...

• Press Release (110kb, PDF)
• ConnectEd Fact Sheet (97kb, PDF)
• Student Poll Analysis (74kb, PDF)

In the News...

• June 26, 2008
  Career Programs Stress College, Too, and Give Students a Leg Up, Study Says
  The New York Times
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• June 8, 2008
  On Topic: The vocational path as a student option
  The San Diego Union Tribune
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• June 1, 2008
  Education not mutually exclusive
  The Sacramento Bee
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• May, 2008
  Bringing Industry to the Classroom
  Educational Leadership
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• March 2, 2008
  ACEs hard at work
  Press-Telegram
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• February 2008
  Improving vocational education
  Los Angeles Times, Blogs
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• February 18, 2008
  Shop class retooled at S.F. high school
  San Francisco Chronicle
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• February 2, 2008
  Students in vocational classes grasp the concepts
  Orange County Register
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• November 23, 2007
  Technical education in action
  The Sacramento Bee
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• September 26, 2007
  Vocational education less about jobs, more about careers
  The Modesto Bee
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• August 15, 2007
  Students can train for aviation, architecture jobs
  Ventura County Star
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• June 12, 2007
  Diplomas Count: Ready for What?
  Education Week
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• June 10, 2007
  From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers
  California Job Journal
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• April 2007
  Career technical education: Vocational ed gets a new lease on life
  The California Educator
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• April 27, 2007
  To reduce dropouts, try a new '3 R's'
  The San Francisco Chronicle
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• February 24, 2007
  School offers new path to success
  The Sacramento Bee
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• Winter 2007
  A High School for Health Career
  UC DAVIS Magazine Online
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• May 9, 2006
  Educators blend divergent schools of thought
  By Jay Mathews
  The Washington Post
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