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What percent of students are inclined to go into trade industry vs university?

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What percent of students are inclined to go into trade industry vs university?

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How can we give students exposure to different industries so they can identify and pursue their passion?

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How can we give students exposure to different industries so they can identify and pursue their passion?

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Have activities with students AND families

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Have activities with students AND families

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How is the team identifying professional competencies, certs to align with pathways?

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How is the team identifying professional competencies, certs to align with pathways?

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Is it possible to attend a PROGRAM fair? (yes)

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Is it possible to attend a PROGRAM fair? (yes)

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Check out the current research at Christensen Institute, The missing metrics: Emerging practices for measuring students' relationships and networks - Christensen Institute : Christensen Institute

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FIELD UPDATE, APRIL 2023

In 2020, the Christensen Institute released the first Missing Metrics report, detailing how schools and nonprofits were starting to measure their students' networks.

In the three years since releasing Missing Metrics , the field has seen significant developments in surveys and other measurement strategies. As the urgency to understand and leverage social capital gains a stronger foothold across education, industry, and research, advances in measurement are taking off on multiple fronts. These measures can help schools navigate the social effects of myriad post-pandemic realities: stark learning gaps, worsening mental health crises, significant enrollment declines, and a cooling job market. Confronted with these challenges, understanding the depth and scope of the relationships and resources that students can depend on is more critical than ever.

Advances in surveys, student-facing tools and data, and technology-enabled data and research over the past few years mark important strides toward measuring students' networks in more equitable, meaningful, and actionable ways. Social capital is a potent but often hidden asset in the opportunity equation. With ever-increasing momentum and technical capabilities, social network metrics will only continue to evolve and gain traction, revealing the relationships and resources that are shaping students' access to opportunity.

In the course of our research, we've kept an updated list of sample survey items and measurement strategies used by organizations in the field aiming to measure the size and strength of students' networks. Download sample survey items from the field here.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Young people need the right resources at their disposal to navigate uncertain times and to pursue their evolving interests and passions. All too often, however, a critical resource in the opportunity equation repeatedly goes unmeasured: students' social capital.

Social capital describes students' access to, and ability to mobilize, relationships that help them further their potential and their goals. Just like skills and knowledge, relationships offer resources that drive access to opportunity.

Most schools and programs wholeheartedly agree that relationships matter. But far fewer actually measure students' social capital. Oftentimes, relationships, valuable as they may be, are treated as inputs to learning and development rather than outcomes in their own right. In turn, schools routinely leave students' access to relationships and networks to chance.

To address this gap, a host of early innovators across K-12, postsecondary, and workforce development are making important strides toward purposefully building and measuring students' social capital in an effort to expand access to opportunity. Drawing on those emerging practices, this paper offers a framework for measuring social capital grounded in both research and practice.

By intentionally measuring students' social capital, education systems can start to build an evidence base for closing the social side of opportunity gaps and ensuring all students are supported equitably in their path to economic prosperity.

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Mahnaz R. Charania, PhD is a senior research fellow at the Christensen Institute. Her work focuses on studying disruptive innovations in education that amplify equitable opportunities for students to achieve social and economic mobility. In her current role, she leverages her deep expertise in measurement and evaluation to drive innovations that expand students' social capital.

Julia is the director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Her work aims to educate policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K-12 and higher education spheres. Be sure to check out her book, "Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students' Networks" https://amzn.to/2RIqwOk.

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The missing metrics: Emerging practices for measuring students' relationships and networks - Christensen Institute

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By measuring students' social capital, education systems can start to close opportunity gaps and ensure all students are supported equitably.

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Track longitudinal outcomes (college, job placement, etc) to determine what changes need to be made to the programs long-term

Demonstrate benefits of program

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What data sources to we have to drive decision making?

What data drives the choice of focus programs/populations?

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Name the skills we expect students to have

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Name the skills we expect students to have

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What skills do students need?

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De-carbonizing and electrifying all sectors 

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De-carbonizing and electrifying all sectors 

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Different Voices needed from the industry

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Different Voices needed from the industry

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National Academy of Science office at UCI

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National Academy of Science office at UCI

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Do they work with entrepreneurs in technology, climate?

UCI's Beall Innovation Center--Venture fund for climate-driven companies

-Possible source for contacts?

-Sustainable SoCal

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Contact relevant companies

-Why do you do this work? Why is it needed?

-What is the impact of the work?

Invite other charter HS to join? Other HS?

Connect students with professionals/fields and build knowledge on importance of advocacy and work

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-ID the larger groups (similar to CEO Lead) to join the pipeline

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"Reach out to Santa Ana Workforce Board to find out if you can tap into training $$ for students who are participating in internship experiences."

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"Reach out to Santa Ana Workforce Board to find out if you can tap into training $$ for students who are participating in internship experiences."

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Note from Laurie Smith