2001 Events

12/18/2001: Perkins Act Reauthorization. (Discussion Group)
12/13/2001: Youth Employment Programming that Works: A Discussion with the PEPNet 2001 Awardees facilitated Paul Masiarchin, Project Manager for PEPNet, and Howard Knoll, U.S. Dept of Labor. (Forum Brief)
12/12/2001: Education Reform Through Standards: What Does it Mean for Youth in Alternative Education Settings? co-sponsored with the National Youth Employment Coalition, Betsy Brown Ruzzi, National Center for Education and the Economy, Joan Auchter, GED Testing Service, William Diehl, Center for Youth Development and Education, Vinetta Jones, Howard University. (Forum Brief)
12/7/2001: Community Organizing for School Reform: Creating the Context for Change, with Anne T. Henderson, coauthor of Urgent Message: Families Crucial to School Reform, Norm Fruchter, director, Institute for Education and Social Policy and Clinical Professor of Education Policy (IESP), New York University; Kavitha Mediratta, senior project director, IESP; and Nsombi Lambright, Southern Echo, Mississippi. (Forum Brief)
12/3/2001: Youth Court: Civic Engagement and Character Education Through Juvenile Accountability, with youth from Colonie, New York's Youth Court and the Time Dollar Youth Court in the District of Columbia re-enacting a recent Youth Court case; and presentations by researcher Jeffrey A. Butts, the Urban Institute in Washington, DC; Judge Ernestine Gray, New Orleans Parish, president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Robert Hirshon, president, American Bar Association; and Terrence S. Donahue, acting administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.. (Forum Brief)
12/3/2001: Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD, New American High School Academy Leadership. (Trip Report)
11/19/2001: Repeat of The Release of Raising Minority Academic Achievement: A Compendium of Education Programs and Practices , with Donna Walker James, American Youth Policy Forum; and Precious Jackson, an AVID graduate and current undergraduate at Howard University. (Forum Brief)
11/16/2001: Great Expectations, The E-Rate at Five: New Models and Policies to Maximize the Impact of America's Investments in Educational Technology with Norris Dickard, Senior Associate,Communications Policy Program, Benton Foundation, Margaret Honey, Director, Center for Children and Technology, Andy Gersick, a Researcher at CCT, and Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. (Forum Brief)
11/16/2001: Community-Based Organization Schools, with Richard Murphy and Jean Thomases, Academy for Educational Development; Daniel Grego, TransCenter for Youth, Milwaukee; Perry Price, Minneapolis Urban League Street Academy, Minneapolis; and Arnaldo Rivas, Former Student, Shalom High School, Milwaukee. (Forum Brief)
11/13/2001: Financing and Resource Issues in High School Reform. (Discussion Group)
11/9/2001: First Things First a district wide school reform model, with Jim Connell, President, Institute for Research and Reform in Education, Philadelphia, PA, and Steve Gering, Executive Director for Instruction, Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools. (Forum Brief)
11/5/2001: Young Adults and Welfare-to-Work: Lessons for the US from the UK and Australia, with Andrew Moore, Vice President, Public and Global Affairs, National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, and Dan Finn, Reader in Social Policy at University of Portsmouth, England. (Forum Brief)
11/2/2001: Every Child Counts: Citizens Tackle the Achievement Gap in Louisville, KY, with Anne T. Henderson, Senior Consultant, Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University; Beverly Raimondo, Director, Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence; Lynn Rippy, Director, Jefferson County Community Accountability Team. (Forum Brief)
10/29/2001: Financing and Resource Issues in High School Reform, cosponsored with National Association of Secondary School Principals. (Discussion Group)
10/29/2002 - 10/30/2002: Connecting Classrooms - Communities - Careers Through Service-Learning-On this two-day visit to Boston Public Schools (BPS), policymakers were introduced to collaborative developments in teaching pedagogy between service-learning and school to career in the classroom. (Trip Report)
10/26/2001: The Release of Raising Minority Academic Achievement: A Compendium of Education Programs and Practices, with Patricia Gàndara, Professor of Education, University of California-Davis; Precious Jackson, an AVID graduate and current undergraduate at Howard University; and Donna Walker James, American Youth Policy Forum.
10/18/2001 - 10/19/2001: A View of Exemplary Practices in Two Virginia Cities — A Nationally Recognized High School in Newport News and Youth Development and Comprehensive Youth Programming in Hampton featuring insights into Hampton’s commitment to comprehensive programming for youth with a focus on youth as assets, and visits to Jones Middle School, the Newtown Learning Center, youth-serving agencies, Menchville High School (a 1999-2000 U.S. Department of Education New American High School, Newport News), and a meeting with Hampton City government leaders. (Trip Report)
10/12/2001: Education and Community Building: Connecting Two Worlds, with Martin Blank, Director of Community Collaboration, and Barbara McCloud, Associate Director, School Leadership for the 21st Century Initiative, Institute for Educational Leadership; Nancy Aardema, Executive Director, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and Amanda Rivera, Principal, Ames Middle School, Chicago. (Forum Brief)
9/13/2001: Youth Employment Programming That Works: A Discussion with the PEPNet 2001 Awardees, with three new awardees and seven PEPNet renewal awardees.
8/2/2001: Reflections on AYPF Site Visits — A Reunion to Share Lessons Learned with past field trip participants joining us to share thoughts and insights on past AYPF field trips. This was an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and new acquaintances in a relaxed environment. The group discussion gave an opportunity to field trip participants to share what they saw in the halls of some of America’s most progressive schools and youth programs. (Policy Salon — an informal discussion)
7/31/2001 (Afternoon): The Dropout Problem Persists: A Policy Salon Discussion with Alan Richard, journalist, Education Week; Sasha Lotas, educator, Community Preservation and Development Corporation; and Joanne Osborne, program analyst, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education (Policy Salon — an informal discussion)
7/31/2001 (Morning): Strengthening Our Future: Advancing the Service Movement, with Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, Representative Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, Representative Chris Shays of Connecticut, Jane Oates from the office of Senator Edward Kennedy, and Iona Smith Nze, YouthBuild USA, Americorps Program Director (Policy Discussion)
7/27/2001: Trends Affecting the Education of 16-24 Year Olds, with Tony Carneval, Vice President, Educational Testing Service. (Forum Brief)
7/12/2001: Financing and Resource Issues in High School Reform. (Discussion Group)
6/22/2001: Federal, State and Local Leadership for Extra Learning Opportunities, with Sharon Deich, Program Manager, The Finance Project; Karen Johnson, Program Director, National Conference of State Legislatures; Theresa Clarke, Policy Analyst, National Governors Association; Mark Emery, Project Director, Council of Chief State School Officers; Audrey Hutchinson, Program Director, National League of Cities; and Adriana de Kanter, Partnership Liaison, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. (Forum Brief)
6/18/2001: The Long-Term Effects of an Early Childhood Intervention on Educational Achievement and Juvenile Arrest, with Arthur J. Reynolds, Professor of social work, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Principal Investigator, Longitudinal Study, Chicago School Districts' Child-Parent Center (CPC) Program. (Forum Brief)
6/15/2001: Reinventing Youth Corps for the 21st Century, with Kathleen Selz, Executive Director, National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, Lori Godorov and David Archie, The Work Group, Camden, NJ, and Sally Prouty and Brian Skeel, Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps. (Forum Brief)
6/13/2001: Minority Academic Achievement Compendium Advisors. (Meeting)
6/8/2001: Public School Choice vs. Private School Vouchers: A Debate, with Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation; Terry M. Moe, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; and Tamara Henry, Education Reporter, USA Today. (Forum Brief)
6/7/2001: Sustaining Principles of School-to-Work, with local and district-level constituent organizations. (Work Group)
6/4/2001 - 6/5/2001: School and Community Reforms for Student Achievement in Boston, Massachusetts, with visits to Fenway High School (pilot school), Brighton High School (small career clusters), the Diploma Plus program at Boston Adult Technical Academy, and a Boston Excels full-service community school at Ellis Elementary School. (Trip Report)
6/1/2001: Wakefield High School's Technology Program: Educating for the Future, with Dr. Marie Shiels-Djouadi, Principal; Ms. Monica Olivette, Computer Information Systems and Business Education Teacher; and students from Wakefield High School. (Forum Brief)
5/18/2001: Improving Programs for Language Minority Youth in Secondary Schools, with Donna Christian, President, Center for Applied Linguistics; Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco, author; Michael Fix, author; and Delia Pompa, Executive Director, National Association for Bilingual Education. (Forum Brief)
5/14/2001: It Takes A City: Getting Serious About Urban School Reform, with Paul Hill, Research Professor in the University of Washington's Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. (Forum Brief)
5/11/2001: High Schools That Work: State Policies That Support Student Achievement, with Gene Bottoms, Senior Vice President, Southern Regional Education Board. (Forum Brief)
5/10/2001 - 5/11/2001: How Does A City Effectively Serve All Its Youth, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with visits to Edison High School (a Talent Development model), Frankford High School (career-themed small learning communities), University City High School and Drew School (K-8) (service-learning through school-university partnerships), Youth for Change Charter School (YouthBuild model), and a Youth Opportunity Center. (Trip Report)
5/9/2001: Sustaining Principles of School-to-Work, with state-level constituent organizations. (Work Group)
4/20/2001: Workforce Development and Literacy in New Zealand and the U.S.A., with Alice Johnson, senior analyst at the National Institute of Literacy. (Forum Brief)
3/22/2001 - 3/23/2001: High School Reform and Workforce Development in Baltimore, Maryland, with visits to Patterson High School (Talent Development) and Lake Clifton/Eastern High School (career academies), Civic Works and meetings with representatives of the Mayor’s office to learn about efforts to link education reform with school-to-work and Workforce Investment Act youth council activities. (Trip Report)
3/14/2001: What's the Future of Service-Learning in Education Reform? with Shelley H. Billig, Vice President and Researcher, RMC Research Corporation; Kenneth Holdsman, Service-Learning Director, School District of Philadelphia; John Kounas, Legislative Fellow (and former high school teacher), Office of Senator Charles E. Grassley; and Jane Oates, Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. (Forum Brief)
3/9/2001: Is the Concept of Full Service Community Schools Ready for Federal Support? with researcher, writer and lecturer Joy G. Dryfoos and Sue Maguire, principal, Molly Stark Community School, Bennington, Vermont. (Forum Brief)
3/2/2001: New Research on Minorities and Special Education: Implications for Federal Law and Policy, with Darren Woodruff, Senior Research Analyst at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), Tom Parrish, Managing Research Scientist, AIR, Jay Heubert, Associate Professor of Education at Columbia University, Teacher's College, Tom Hehir, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Gary Orfield, Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project. (Forum Brief)
2/23/2001: Improving Teacher Quality Findings from Three New Studies, with Drew Gitomer, Senior Vice President, Statistics and Research, Educational Testing Service (ETS); and Harold Wenglinsky, Research Scientist, Policy Information Center in the Center for Teaching and Learning, ETS. (Forum Brief)
1/30/2001: DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Release of New Rules, New Roles: Preparing All Young People for a Changing World, with Gene Bottoms, Senior Vice President, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA; Hilary Pennington, President, Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA; David Stern, University of California, Berkeley; Jim Kemple, Senior Research Associate, Manpower Research Demonstration Corporation, New York, NY; Ephraim Weisstein, Vice President, Center for Youth Development and Education, Corporation for Business, Work and Learning, Boston, MA; Dorothy Stoneman, President, YouthBuild, Somerville, MA; and Kathleen Selz, President, National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, Washington, DC. (Report Release)
1/26/2001: Preparing Youth with Disabilities for an Increasingly Technical Work Place, with Richard Luecking, President of TransCen, Michael R. Losey, president/CEO of the Society of Human Resource Management, Marian Vessels, Director of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information Center on the Mid-Atlantic Region; and two young adults sharing their experiences in preparing for work, and their success in achieving career goals through the application of technology and other supports. (Forum Brief)
1/24/2001: The Supports Students Need to Meet High Academic Standards, co-sponsored with DC Voice, with Dr. Asa Hilliard, Georgia State University on the occasion of the release of a new report by DC VOICE entitled, "Half the Solution: A Community Based Research Project on the Supports Students Need to Meet High Academic Standards." (Forum Brief)