Aligning Future Career Academies with Economic Opportunity for East Oakland Youth

Heather Imboden
Heather Imboden

Year: 2013

Type: PLUS Fellows Policy Brief

Initiatives: PLUS

Region: Oakland

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Description

This project seeks to identify opportunities for Youth UpRising (YU) to support and collaborate with the OUSD in developing a new career academy at Castlemont High School. This paper analyzes potential career academies against the current economic and educational landscape of the East Bay and provides tools for YU and OUSD to work together in the develoopment of a career academy at Castlemont High School.