Leadership magazine Nov/Dec 2015 V45 No 2 | Page 22

The results of this
approach are quite
significant: higher
graduation rates,
higher course
completion rates,
and more students
pursuing postsecondary training
and education.

ners, the business partner side ended.

The renewed VPIE
We reached out to a small group of prior
Visalia Partners in Education members,
as well as new members from the Visalia
Chamber of Commerce and Visalia Economic Development Corporation, and
reconvened VPIE in the winter of 2013.
The first task of VPIE was for the partners
to learn as much as possible about Linked
Learning and CTE in Visalia and to look
for natural places whe