Tag: Education
Eloy Oakley named chancellor of the California Community Colleges system
(Photo Credit: Violeta Vaqueiro) Originally published on CAeconomy.org The California Community Colleges Board of Governors announced their unanimous decision to select Eloy Ortiz Oakley as the next Chancellor of the state's community college system. Oakley, currently the superintendent-president of the Long Beach Community College District, will become the first Latino to serve as chancellor of…
Shot & Edited: Graduation, not incarceration
Originally published on CA Fwd Louie Chagolla first ran into trouble with the law when he was 13 years old. The South Los Angeles teen grew up around drugs and gangs and eventually was arrested. Chagolla spent time in youth correctional facilities and it was a cycle that repeated itself with Louie and too many…
California task force approves blueprint for closing skills gap
Nicole Rice, policy director of the California Manufacturing and Technology Association and member of the Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy (Photo Credit: Steven Hellon) Right after a task force working to close the skills gap approved and presented their recommendations yesterday in Sacramento, some members received Rosie the Riveter lunch…
Survey: Californians face knowledge gap of school funding reform but support grows when gap closed
(Photo Credit: John Guenther) There's been another education gap identified in California and this time it's regarding awareness of--and involvement in--the state's ambitious school funding reform plan, according to a new poll released yesterday. But the upshot is there's a big opportunity for getting the word out since, once people know what exactly the Local…
Campaign to combat stigma of career tech jobs needed says task force
(Photo Credit: Steven Hellon/California Community Colleges) To get a larger slice of Californians into good-paying, long-term jobs, there needs to be a public campaign to combat the stigma of middle-skill jobs and to "show the money" in going that route. That was just one big takeaway readily apparent when a task force on upgrading California's…
Rebranding career tech jobs vital to growing workforce say Sacramento employers
Anette Smith-Dohring of Sutter Health speaking at Sacramento Strong Workforce Town Hall yesterday (Photo Credit: John Guenther) When talking to employers in California and college chancellors, it's clear that career tech jobs need a retooling of their image. At a workforce town hall in Sacramento yesterday, those in attendance stressed the old view of CTE…
Shot & Edited: Medical school gives Inland Empire economy a shot in the arm
Economic recovery throughout California has been an uneven experience. Unemployment rates for coastal communities have dipped, many below the state’s unemployment rate of 8.3 percent. It’s a much different story when you travel inland where unemployment rates remains in the double digits. Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, also known as the Inland Empire, are no…