[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            LINKED LEARNING

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, today's high schools don't work for many young 
people. Students often feel bored and unchallenged. Almost one-third of 
the ninth-graders in my home State of California drop out without 
graduating.
  That is why today I introduced The Linked Learning Pathways Affording 
College and Career Success Act. It combines college preparation with 
real-world learning opportunities for students across the country.
  Like Ana Sical in San Diego. Ana once had problems with truancy, and 
says she never even considered college. But Ana's life changed with 
Linked Learning. There, she partnered with engineers who taught her 
their trades and pushed her to succeed. Today, Ana is studying at San 
Diego State's School of Engineering, the first in her family to attend 
college.
  America's future depends on preparing today's students to enter 
tomorrow's workforce. My bill does that, and I encourage my colleagues 
to support it.

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