Newsom lays out plan for CA profession training

Greater than a yr after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an govt order to develop the initiative, the governor on Wednesday unveiled full particulars of his Grasp Plan for Profession Trainingstories CalMatters’ Adam Echelman.

The plan lays out the state’s method to job coaching and teaching programshowever critics have stated the proposals are unclear. On the similar time, some for-profit profession faculties and commerce faculties — which play a key position in workforce improvement — face points with licensing or different violations.

Included within the plan are efforts Adam beforehand reported: The Cradle-to-Profession Information System, for instance, is a multi-year challenge that tracks scholar progress and stays not on time. The plan additionally expands competency-based training, which focuses on expertise relatively than grades. Although seven neighborhood faculties are shifting ahead with a pilot to make use of this method, Madera Group School has stalled its efforts because of school opposition.

The plan additionally has three new finances proposals for this yr, all of which require the Legislature’s approval and will value over $105 million.

In the meantime, a whole lot of hundreds of Californians look to profession faculties, commerce faculties and coaching applications to turn into barbers, truck drivers, medical techs and extra.

However not each college is correctly licensed, and a few have been investigated, disciplined or sued by varied companies. California’s Employment Improvement Division helps vet these establishments, however CalMatters not too long ago discovered it took years to revoke some faculties’ licenses, regardless of stories of points corresponding to fraud.

Should you or somebody you already know is considering enrolling, CalMatters’ Adam, Ross Teixeira and Erica Yee constructed a software to make it simpler to lookup licenses and violations.

Learn extra concerning the challenge, search the database for your self and be taught extra about Newsom’s profession training plan.

With scholar studying scores remaining beneath pre-pandemic rangesone state lawmaker is attempting as soon as extra to require the “science of reading” method to train youngsters methods to learn.

As CalMatters’ Carolyn Jones explains, Assemblymember Blanca Rubio is pushing her invoice that may mandate California public faculties to make use of a studying methodology that emphasizes phonicsthe sounding-out of phrases and language comprehension. Some studying applications and college districts have proven that this method could be simpler than “whole-language instruction,” which focuses on memorizing phrases by sight.

The invoice would additionally require present academics to endure coaching within the subject, which might broaden a present state legislation mandating teachers-in-training to be taught concerning the methodology.

The Baldwin Park Democrat tried to move an identical invoice final yrhowever the California Lecturers Affiliation strongly opposed it. The union argued that academics must have flexibility when deciding what methodology works finest for his or her college students. English learner advocates additionally criticized the invoice, saying a heavy give attention to phonics is just too slender and complicated for college kids who aren’t English proficient.

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As President Donald Trump’s administration carries out plans to slash federal spending, rural cities in Northern California are bracing for drastic cutswrites CalMatters’ Jeanne Kuang.

Rural counties are largely made up of federal land. In forest cities — which make use of federal employees to maintain trails open and campgrounds clear — native economies depend on vacationers seeking to hike, climb and ski. The federal authorities additionally offers essential funding for rural facultiesand rural hospitals are extra depending on Medicaid.

In Siskiyou County, for instance, 60% of its land is owned and managed by the U.S. Forest Service, and as a lot as 6% of its workforce is employed by the federal authorities — in comparison with 1-2% in city counties.

Up to now two months, Siskiyou communities have been rocked by abrupt firings of some federal employees, who have been then reinstated by court docket order. Native organizations discovered themselves scrambling after the administration suspended funds for wildfire preparation, path upkeep and different work.

Almost 60% of Siskiyou County voted for Trump. Whereas some residents stay involved, others have welcomed the cuts, or have adopted a wait-and-see method.

• Assemblywoman Heather Hadwickan Alturas Republican who represents 11 Northern California counties, together with Siskiyou: “It’s going to be uncomfortable for a while and it’s going to hurt. … I’m going to trust in my president and trust what he’s doing is best.”

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California has poured over $3 billion into Lake Tahoe tasks, however water readability has dropped by greater than a 3rd because the Nineteen Sixties. CalMatters surroundings reporter Julie Cart and video technique director Robert Meeks have a video phase on Julie’s in-depth take a look at whether or not the environmental targets of the long-lasting lake are being met as a part of our partnership with PBS SoCal. Watch it right here.

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