California’s Golden State Pathways Program is a historic commitment to career-connected learning. In January 2025, $470 million in grants began flowing to hundreds of school communities across the ...

State lawmakers are signaling they want to severely downsize a new $500 million program designed to bring college-and-career academic programs to more high school and middle school students. The ...

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If high school is the runway, it should launch students onto the first on-ramp of long life learning, with multiple lanes leading to degrees, industry credentials, and real paychecks. For a long time, ...

Last year, California created a $500 million program to help prepare students for careers. With the state facing a $31.5 billion budget deficit, lawmakers want to claw back $400 million of the program ...