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Marilyn Raby New Fellowship to Honor Dr. Marilyn Raby
The Graduate School of Education is pleased to announce the creation of the Marilyn Raby Memorial Fellowship. Dr, Raby, who passed away last December, pioneered the career academy model in California high schools, integrating vocational and academic education to improve the preparation of young people for both college and careers.
Dr. Raby co-authored Career Academies: Partnerships for Reconstructing American High Schools with David Stern and Charles Dayton in 1992. She was the first of the three to become involved with career academies, launching two Peninsula Academies in the Sequoia Union High School District in 1981 and later launching two similar programs and helping other districts with their “school-within-a-school” academy programs. Said Stern: “Marilyn’s quiet charisma and uncompromising standards inspired teachers, business partners, students, and colleagues alike.”
The hallmark of the career academies that Raby helped found was the carefully planned activities that exposed students to well-paying careers, regardless of the students’ background or “track” in school. Although it was unconventional at the time (and still is) to combine the “college-bound” with the “at risk,” the academies’ guiding principle was to expand options for all students. Business partners served as curriculum advisers, speakers, field trip hosts, and student job supervisors. The demonstrated effectiveness of the career academy model in reducing drop-out rates led the California legislature to provide funding for its replication throughout the state.
Stern later recruited Raby to the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE), where she helped urban school districts all around the country develop high-quality college-and-career programs. Raby subsequently joined the staff of the Career Academy Support Network, a comprehensive resource for the growing number of career academies and small learning communities in high schools across the United States (see article in this issue).
The Raby Memorial Fellowship will be awarded annually to a student conducting research and development on improving secondary education. If you would like to contribute to this endowed fellowship, please use the envelope enclosed in this publication, and write Marilyn Raby Fund on your check made payable to UC Regents.
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