Grade 12 | Cradle to Career Roadmap

Students’ final year of their K-12 education relies heavily on completing coursework and earning the required credits to receive a high school diploma. In addition, these young adults are preparing for the next step of their future whether that be entering college, a technical program or the workforce. Twelfth grade students should graduate from high school college and career ready. College and career readiness refers to the content knowledge, skills, and habits that students must possess to be successful in postsecondary education or training that leads to a sustaining career. They also have increasing self-awareness and identity, while building social problem-solving skills and focusing on the future.

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Achieve the Core - Archive

This collection of classroom videos and associated lesson materials was developed in 2013 to support K-12 educators implementing the Common Core State Standards. The videos are not intended to be exemplars as all of the participants were at that time, early in their work with those standards. Rather, they showed real-life classrooms, with all the real-life challenges and successes. These resources were created for and previously found on Teaching the Core, a website funded by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

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Newsela - Reading Resources

Newsela provides current news stories and other content aimed at K-12 students. The content is provided at several Lexile reading levels that allows students to read the same content, but at their reading level.

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The California Department of Education - ELA/ELD Frameworks

The California Department of Education (CDE) provides State Board of Education adopted English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Framework.

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Schools Fight Spread of 'Fake News' Through Literacy Lessons

Schools and teachers are increasingly requesting resources to assist their students discern between 'fake' and 'real' news. Millennials are tech-savvy, but not necessarily news-savvy.

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Redesigning the Senior Year

This article addresses the common lack of engagement seniors experience in high school and offers solutions to problems such as apathy and increased absences.

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What is a Community School?

The Coalition for Community Schools website provides resources for families, students and school leaders.

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Community School Standards

The Community School Standards are designed to help improve the quality of community school implementation. The standards provide an in-depth description of community schools, including a self-assessment.

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School and Business Partnerships That Work - Success Stories

Business-school partnership success stories that share ideas to help schools build successful partnerships.

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Keeping Family/Community/School Connections Helps Support Secondary Schools Success

This policy brief explains the positive impact of parent, family and community engagement and involvement on student success in secondary schools

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Partnering with Families of Middle and High School Students

This article offers a sample of action steps to engage parents and families of secondary students.

Reports

Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between Schools and Communities: The Role of a Connector

This report describes and analyses a successful effort to create a school-community connector, a person whose job it is to find and build relationships with a wide range of neighborhood assets (residents, voluntary associations, local institutions, businesses) and then connect them to the neighborhood school.

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The Positive Effects of Youth Community Engagement

This resource details the importance of youth engagement and the positive effects associated with empowering youth to participate in the community.

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Family Engagement Framework - A Tool for California School Districts

This 56-page document serves primarily as a resource to support districts in engaging and communicating with families.

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Detroit District Aims for Faith-Based Partnerships for Every School to Support Student Needs

This article describes one Detroit school district's partnership with faith-based groups to support students.

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Transition Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Administrators - Transitioning into Elementary, Middle, High school, and Beyond

This article highlights a variety of resources for parents, students, teachers, and administrators to support successful transitions between school levels, including between elementary and middle school.

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Most School-Business Partnerships Fail. Here Are 20 Free Tips From a Pro

Amy Carrier knows how rare successful school-business partnerships are, as most fail. She provides 20 questions that should be asked when entering into a partnership.

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School-Community Learning Partnerships: Essential to Expanded Learning Success

This article by Pricilla Little explores the role of community partnerships in expanding learning opportunities for students.

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School and Community: An Important Link

This article reviews the importance of developing a link between schools and the community.

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10 Tips for Volunteering Wisely

This article describes 10 recommendations to help community members volunteer wisely.

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How Strong Communication Contributes to Student and School Success

This report addresses the vital link between school communication and school and student success. The Communication Accountability Project (CAP) by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) has undertaken a number of research and educational efforts.

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Student Success is a Community Responsibility

This essay by Freeman Hrabowski explores the role and responsibility, a community plays in student success.

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Youth.gov

Youth.gov provides a series of resources and information surrounding various youth topics. Website users can engage with other youth, implement evidence-based programming, and locate program funding in their community.

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When Schools and Nonprofits Collaborate with Faith-Based Organizations

Faith-based groups can do a variety of things to meet the needs of young people, but after-school providers should approach them the right way and must understand federal guidelines.

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Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools

This is an article describing the lack of civics instruction in public schools and its potential impact.