California Community Colleges Launches New Campaign Focused on Career Education Program Offerings
New effort promotes “learning by exploring, collaborating, and doing” in more than 200 areas of study Read More
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Chambers of commerce should embrace the opportunity of growing diversity
Number of businesses owned by immigrants and people of color is growing Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
San Diego college trains students to fill jobs in California’s Blue Economy
Ocean technology certificate called model for teaching needed skills and landing students jobs Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
Deborah Nankivell: What is Broken and How Would I Fix It?
Why a new contract for behavior in the civic sector is overdue Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
Need for social mobility drives revival of California’s community college workforce training
Nation's largest community college system prepares for the future economy with data, metrics Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
VIDEO: California schools group wraps up successful collaboration to improve LCFF plans
Faced with daunting task of creating school accountability plans, these districts came together at just the right time Read More
Categories: Community Services, School Governance, Local Control Funding Formula, Education, LCFF
Elevate CA: California can lead the nation in rebuilding upward mobility
State's higher education leadership says it's time to build a California that "educates, works for and lifts up its people." Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
California all-girls team helping tackle the cybersecurity problem from high school up
Students who compete in cyber competitions gain an advantage on their future resume Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
For California to be called the Golden State, all of it must to be golden says new Stockton mayor
Young mayor aims to reinvent the city and close the opportunity gap in central California city Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
It’s not charity. It’s a commitment to equalizing opportunity.
How California's new budget is an important start in helping at-risk children fully realize their potential Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
Following father’s footsteps into welding, California student aims to inspire more women
The only women in her college welding class goes on to win awards in statewide competition Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
Innovative program retrains workers, requires putting in work at nonprofits
Fellowship shows older workers how to build career skills and provides free job-search services Read More
Categories: Economy
Business Interest in the Public Interest: DisruptDC’s Case for Better Government
Coalition seeks to bring business to table as political reform advocates Read More
Categories: Democracy, Governance Reform
Registration opens for 2017 California Economic Summit
Co-organized by CA Fwd, sixth annual statewide gathering will tackle state's biggest issues of upward mobility, economic security and regional prosperity. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
Want to pull Californians out of poverty? Consider the EITC
Simple tool helps relieve financial stress and promotes upward mobility for kids benefiting from it Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
California Community Colleges visited by neighbors to north to talk workforce training
Even Canada is looking at the Colleges' revival of workforce development programs Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
Republican mayor and Democratic union leader: Californians looking for better solutions
Middle way that grows middle-class jobs, tackles housing could inspire change across country Read More
Categories: Elevate CA
California lawmakers scrutinized on complying with voter-approved transparency law
CA Fwd encourages a responsible reading of law intended to prevent last-minute bill changes Read More
Categories: Tech-enhanced Government, Accountability, Transparency, Governance Reform, Accountability, Transparency
California coalition working to improve public leaders’ role in transforming higher ed
Increasing investment in workforce programs will benefit from informed network of regional leaders Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
CA Fwd jail data helps counties secure anti-recidivism funds
Prop 47 grants aimed at improving mental health and substance abuse treatment Read More
Categories: Community Services, Community Corrections, Justice System Change Initiative, Crime