Featured Work: Increasing Equity in Dual Enrollment with the Los Angeles College Accelerator Network (LA-CAN)
Dual enrollment promotes academic momentum and college success, especially for students of color and students from low-income communities; however, students often experience inequitable access to these opportunities and the accompanying supports that foster student success and seamless postsecondary transitions. The Greater LA Education Foundation (GLAEF), Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), and Education Strategy Group (ESG) are tackling these barriers across the nation’s largest county with the Los Angeles College Accelerator Network (LA-CAN). ESG is facilitating a regional community of practice and coaching for district and community college teams to develop and implement action plans toward a Vision 2030 that expands dual enrollment pathways to all of California’s students.
LA-CAN has helped these teams develop a shared vision for dual enrollment equity and provided them with a framework, tools, shared professional learning, and expert support to build their action plans. To implement and sustain these plans, ESG is proud to be facilitating the community of practice and coaching the teams to tackle the barriers they have articulated – around data partnership, course sequencing and alignment, instructor supply, student and family engagement, high-quality advising, embedding dual enrollment in continuation schools and juvenile court schools, and more. ESG also developed a Toolkit for Equity-Centered Dual Enrollment Partnerships for LACOE by curating a collection of tools and resources assembled by leaders throughout Los Angeles County for district and college practitioners.
The 2025-27 LA-CAN cohort includes:
- El Monte Union High School District, Pasadena City College & Rio Hondo College
- Glendale Unified School District & Glendale Community College
- Intellectual Virtues Academy & Long Beach City College
- Los Angeles County Office of Education specialized and Juvenile Court Schools
- Los Angeles Unified School District & Los Angeles Community College District
- Pomona Unified School District & Mt. San Antonio College
- Redondo Beach Unified School District & El Camino College
- Whittier Union High School District & Rio Hondo College
- William S. Hart Union High School District & College of the Canyons
This work builds on the work and lessons learned from an initial LA-CAN cohort that engaged in expanding equitable dual enrollment from 2021-23. Read about their work and goals here.
For additional information, contact Cecilia Le at cle@edstrategy.org.
LA-CAN Resources:
Los Angeles County Office of Education Toolkit for Equity-Centered Dual Enrollment Partnerships
Enhancing Equity in Dual Enrollment with the Los Angeles College Accelerator Network (LA-CAN)
