WHY LINKED LEARNING?

By turning high school into a personally relevant, engaging and inclusive experience, Linked Learning exposes students to previously unimagined college and career opportunities.

Students in Linked Learning Certified Pathways*:

• have higher graduation/diploma rates than other students and are less likely to drop out of high school

• earned more credits during high school than similar students enrolled in traditional high schools

• have higher GPAs than traditional high schoolers

• are more likely to go to a 4-year university

*SRI International Year 6 Evaluation of Linked Learning Certified Pathways

Rigorous Academics

A curriculum that includes the English, mathematics, science, history, and foreign language courses that prepare students to transition, without remediation, to the state’s community colleges and universities, as well as to apprenticeships and formal employment training programs.

Career and Technical Education

Students gain the knowledge and skills that can give them a head start on a successful career - right in their own classrooms.

Work-based Learning

Students are given opportunities for mentoring and job shadowing and move into intensive internships, school-based enterprises, or virtual apprenticeships.

Integrated Student Support

Services such as counseling and supplemental instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics that help students master the advanced academic and technical content necessary for success in college and career.