Students with similar career interests in Hamilton County Schools enrol in Future Ready Institutes for hands-on experience and professional guidance.

The California Department of Education data shows that the number of students at K-12 schools dropped by more than 160,000 this academic year, most of them at the K-6 level, to a total of 6 million.

At the heart of these initiatives is accelerating learning this summer and during the 2021-22 school year, but guidance also covers social-emotional wellbeing and teacher support.

Though most jobs have changed dramatically over the last century, the framework on which the K-12 curriculum rests has not, curriculum designer Antonia Rudenstine says.