Charles Dayton
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Charles Dayton
Former Director, Career Academy Support Network, School of Education,
University of California
Charles Dayton was the co-founder and director of the Career Academy Support Network at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education, where he supported the development and expansion of career academies that integrate academic and technical education. He previously served as a policy analyst for Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), where he conducted research on career academies and contributed to legislation supporting their statewide replication. Dayton played a key role in launching and administering California’s first two career academies and developing the model’s structure, emphasizing small learning communities, industry partnerships, and integrated curricula.
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Publications by Charles Dayton
1987–88 Evaluation Report
This report presents findings from the third annual evaluation of Partnership Academy Programs in CA, a high school-based, state-funded program with a school-within-a-school administrative structure that enrolls at-risk students with academic…
Second-Year Results from Replications of the California Peninsula Academies
This article discusses the results of replicating the California Peninsula Academies model in 10 high schools. The model provides technical instruction in an occupational field, alongside core academic curriculum, and is designed to prevent dropouts…
Graduate Follow-up Survey
A survey was conducted on the first class of participants in the "Jobs for the Disadvantaged" program and a comparison group six months after graduation. Although the sample size was small, a significantly higher percentage of program participants…
1986–87 Evaluation Report
In the fall of 1985, ten academy programs were established by the State of California as replications of the Peninsula Academies.