1997 Events

12/5/1997: When Money Matters: How Educational Expenditures Improve Student Performance and How They Don't, with Harold Wenglinsky, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service. (Forum Brief)
11/14/1997: Youth As Resources: A New Approach to Juvenile Justice, with Jack Calhoun, National Crime Prevention Council. (Forum Brief)
11/7/1997: A Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders, with Barry Krisberg, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency. (Forum Brief)
10/24/1997: School-to-Work for the College Bound, with Thomas Bailey, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University. (Forum Brief)
10/23/1997 - 10/24/1997: High School Reform and Programs Serving Out-of-School Youth in New York City, with site visits to STRIVE/East Harlem Employment Service, Young Adult Learning Academy, Federation Employment and Guidance Service and several public schools. (Trip Report)
10/21/1997: What Works in Youth Employment and Training: A Discussion with the 1997 PEPNet Initiatives, with staff of the National Youth Employment Coalition. (Forum Brief)
10/17/1997: Restructuring and the American Labor Market: What are Firms Doing and What Does it Mean for American Youth? with Paul Osterman, Professor of Human Resources and Management, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Forum Brief)
10/10/1997: Integrating Math, Science and Technology in School Reform, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, VA. ("Encore" Trip Report)
9/28/1997 - 10/1/1997: National Career Academy Coalition Conference, Philadelphia, PA. (Trip Report)
9/22/1997: Elementary Confusion or National Standards? with John Merrow, Executive Producer, and James Spahr, Producer, The Merrow Report on PBS. (Forum and Video Premiere)
9/19/1997: New Partners in Teacher Preparation: How "Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers" Help Students, with Jay Dubner, Program Coordinator, Columbia University Summer Research Program for Secondary School Science Teachers; Second-year participant Sausen Silmi, a science teacher at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn, NY; and Tamra Busch-Johnsen, Business-Education Compact/Oregon Industrial Initiatives for Science and Mathematics Education. (Forum Brief)
9/15/1997: David Hornbeck and the Philadelphia Story, with John Merrow, Executive Producer, and Sonia Slutsky, Producer, The Merrow Report on PBS. (Forum and Video Premiere)
9/12/1997: Connecting Service-Learning and School-to-Career Initiatives, with Barbara Gomez, Council of Chief State School Officers; Ann Southworth, Principal, Putnam Vocational Technical High School, Springfield Massachusetts; Diane Tyson, Principal/Director, Lancaster County Academy, Lancaster Pennsylvania; and Chuck Erickson, Director of Community Education, Flambeau School District, Tony, Wisconsin. (Forum Brief)
9/5/1997: The Low Wage Labor Market: Problems and Solutions, with Jared Bernstein, John Schmitt and Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute. (Forum Brief)
7/25/1997: Technology and Innovation in Postsecondary Career Preparation, Hagerstown Junior College, Hagerstown, MD, including tours of the Technical Innovation Center and the Advanced Technology Center. (Trip Report)
7/21/1997: What Youth Do in the Summer: Workplace Experiences, Education and Leadership Development, with visits to the Alexandria, VA Summer Economics Institute and the Street Law summer camp in Washington, DC. (Trip Report)
7/18/1997: Two Model Youth Media Projects: Teaching Literacy, Critical Thinking and Community Involvement, with Keith Hefner, Youth Communication and Steve Goodman, Educational Video Center. (Forum Brief)
6/30/1997: Creating School-to-Work Systems: Partners in Progress, with Alan Hershey, Mathematica Policy Research. (Forum Brief)
6/27/1997: Work-Based Learning and Welfare Programs: Lessons from School-to-Work and Welfare-to-Work Efforts, with Richard Kazis and Judy Combes Taylor, Jobs for the Future; Peggy Powell, Home Care Associates Training Institute; Thomas Applegate, State of Ohio Office of Vocational Education; and Julie Strawn, Center for Law and Social Policy. (Forum Brief)
6/13/1997: Finding New Funds for Out-of-School Youth, with David Gruber. (Forum Brief)
6/6/1997: How Do Poor Kids Succeed in College? The Role and Impact of Federal TRIO Programs, with Pennsylvania State University TRIO participant Kizzy Frey; TRIO graduate Gwendolyn Moore, President Pro Tem of the Wisconsin State Senate; and TRIO program directors. (Forum Brief)
5/23/1997: Some Things DO Make a Difference for Youth, with Andrew Hahn, Brandeis University Center for Human Resources; Robert Ivry, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation; Gary Walker, Public/Private Ventures; Milton Little, National Urban League; and U.S. Senate staffers Dwayne Sattler and Jeffrey Teitz. (Forum Brief)
5/15/1997: Youth Transitions: High School Reform and Programs Serving Out-of-School Youth in New York City (for education foundation officers), with visits to La Guardia Middle College High School, International High School, High School of Economics and Finance, Vocational Foundation, Youth Communications, and the Young Adult Learning Academy (Co-sponsored with Jobs for the Future and Council for Basic Education). (Trip Report)
5/12/1997: New Paths to New Skills: An International Symposium on Technical Colleges and Industrial Competitiveness, co-sponsored with the Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance. (Conference)
5/1/1997 - 5/2/1997: Community Service Learning in Springfield, MA: A Process for Youth Development, Career Preparation and Community Building, with visits to Putnam High School and Freedman Elementary School; participation in Springfield's "Community Service Learning Showcase" Conference; and discussions with Peter J. Negroni, Superintendent of Schools, and other community and education leaders. (Trip Report)
4/25/1997: Is There Really a School-to-Work Revolution? with Lynn Olson, Senior Editor, Education Week. (Forum Brief)
4/18/1997: What's Really Happening with America's Out-of-School Youth? with Andrew Sum, Director, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, and Marion Pines, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. (Forum Brief)
4/3/1997 - 4/4/1997: High School Reform and District-wide Education Reform in Boston, MA (for education foundation officers), with visits to Brighton, East Boston, Fenway Middle College, and City on a Hill (Charter) High Schools; and discussions with Thomas Payzant, Superintendent of Schools, Neil Sullivan, Executive Director, Private Industry Council, and Kathleen Mullins, School-to-Career Director (Co-sponsored with Jobs for the Future and the American Association of Higher Education). (Trip Report)
3/19/1997 - 3/21/1997: School-to-Careers and Workforce Development in Austin, TX, with visits to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Advanced Micro Devices, American Institute for Learning, Bowie High School, and Austin Community College; and meetings with Mayor Bruce Todd and Superintendent James Fox. (Trip Report)
3/14/1997: Can Current Education Reform Efforts Close the Growing Achievement Gap? with Kati Haycock, Director, The Education Trust. (Forum Brief)
2/28/1997: Teaching the New Basic Skills: Linking Schools, the Economy and Education Reform, with Richard Murnane, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Frank Levy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Forum Brief)
2/7/1997: Redesigning Schools for Success: An Overview of New American Schools, with John Anderson, President, New American Schools. (Forum Brief)
1/31/1997: School-to-Careers and Service-Learning: A Partnership Strategy for Education Renewal, with Jim Kielsmeier, National Youth Leadership Council; Steve Kussman, Utility Business Education Coalition; Christine Kwak, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Jim Pitofsky, National Association of Partners in Education; James Willie, National Association of Partners in Education; Laurie Regelbrugge, Hitachi Foundation; and Jim Wernsing, National School-to-Work Opportunities Office. (Forum Brief)