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Nov 2, 2017
2 min

Civic Alliance Vice Chair David Maron Joins P-20 Core Council

David Maron, a Ventura County business owner and leader in the nonprofit community is the newest member of the Core Council of the Ventur...

Jun 24, 2017
3 min

Taking a longer view in education

As another school year comes to a close, it’s once again time to take stock and reflect upon our progress toward building the future. For...

Apr 22, 2017
3 min

Lack of STEM is root of growing problem

According to leaders in technology and manufacturing, there is a quiet crisis building in the American workforce that has nothing to do w...

Feb 18, 2017
3 min

Improving education at local level

With the recent confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. secretary of education, a great deal of attention will now be given to the federal im...

May 26, 2016
3 min

Economy depends on educated, skilled workforce

The 2013 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Survey of Adult Skills found that employers say potential hires lack the...

May 7, 2016
3 min

Lack of dental care is big hole in our safety net

Ventura County received a wake-up call a few weeks ago when the California Dental Association Cares event came to the Ventura fairgrounds...

Aug 29, 2015
3 min

Is the shortage of teachers a crisis or an opportunity?

Today, seven years removed from the start of the Great Recession, we now see how deeply this financial crisis impacted our education syst...

Apr 18, 2015
3 min

California’s community colleges are working

In January, the University of California, Davis, reported that all record high of nearly 80,000 prospective students applied for fall 201...

Jun 8, 2014
3 min

A wave of college celebrations

Congratulations to this year's community college graduates! More than 4,000 students earned associate degrees and certificates of achieve...

Oct 19, 2013
3 min

Reinvest in education to revitalize state's future

More than a half century ago, California enacted a bold, historic pledge to all high school graduates that they would have the opportunit...

Dec 8, 2012
3 min

Accountability and high expectations

On Nov. 6, California voters took a courageous and hopeful step toward a healthier fiscal outlook for our state and a more stable financi...

Jun 9, 2011
3 min

Spreading the word, Ventura County grows business

Finding a job during the recession has been difficult for many local job seekers, especially with a peak loss of more than 30,000 jobs in...

Dec 18, 2010
3 min

Want to attend college? Start preparing yourself early

The new marching orders for K-12 educational systems are to make our students “college and career ready,” and that’s something very diffi...

Sep 2, 2010
3 min

Why invest in preschool? Because we can't afford not to

Quality education – it's what we want for every child. But educational success has to start early. Teachers and school administrators, al...

May 8, 2010
2 min

Common Vision on Education

Quality education is the engine that will drive us out of these difficult economic times insofar as we prepare all students for the workf...

May 1, 2010
2 min

University's latest milestone simply a reflection of itself

As Ventura County's only public, four-year university, CSU, Channel Islands is committed to building a university-going culture that is a...

Jul 26, 2009
3 min

Education a responsibility society owes to itself

A measure of a people is the value that it places on education. The people of Ventura County have long shown their commitment to this imp...

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