2002 Events

12/13/2002: The Role of Fathers in Youth Development with Ron Mincy, Professor, Columbia University; and Joe Jones, President/CEO, Center for Fathers, Families, and Workforce Development. (Forum Brief)
12/9/2002: Creating Laboratories of Democracy: The First Amendment Schools Project with Charles Haynes of First Amendment Schools Project; Sheldon Berman, Superintendent of Hudson School District, Hudson, Massachusetts; and Irasema Salcido, Principal, Cesar Chavez Public Policy High School. (Forum Brief)
12/4/2002- 12/6/2002: WIA Learning Exchange: New Haven, CT.
12/3/2002 - 12/5/2002: Building and Strengthening Linkages between Traditional and Nontraditional Education Systems in Austin, TX. The study mission was jointly sponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum and the National Youth Employment Coalition. Members of the Austin Group, a volunteer group of organizations, agencies and individuals dedicated to providing quality educational options and resources for vulnerable youth, also participated. (Trip Report)
12/2/2002 - 12/3/2002: Career Preparation and Workforce Development in Springfield, MA, and Hartford, CT with visits to Springfield Technical Community College, the Hartford Workforce Investment Board, Hartford YO program, Connecticut Business and Industry Association and other youth and career education programs. (Trip Report)
11/22/2002: Minority Student Achievement Network, with Robert Smith, Superintendent, Arlington Co. VA Public Schools, Allan Alson, Superintendent, Evanston, IL Public Schools, and Rossi Ray-Taylor, Superintendent, Ann Arbor, MI Public Schools. (Forum Brief)
11/18/2002 - 11/19/2002: Comprehensive High School Reform and Extended Learning in New York City. Visits to several comprehensive high schools implementing educational reform programs and to high school-level after-school programs. (Field Trip)
11/15/2002: The Impact of Welfare Reform on Adolescents, Lisa Gennetian, Senior Research Associate, Manpower Research Demonstration Corporation and Andrew London, Associate Professor of Sociology, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University. (Forum Brief)
11/13/2002: In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization,Deborah Meier, Vice Chair Emeritus, Coalition of Essential Schools. (Forum Brief)
11/8/2002: GE Fund College Bound Program Leads to Increased College Access and Retention, with Alan Melchior, Brandeis University, Nicholas Kostan, Superintendent, Lynn Public Schools (MA), and Frank Butts, Principal, John F. Kennedy High School, Richmond, VA. (Forum Brief)
11/6/2002: Visit to DC Youth Opportunity Grant Demonstration Project: A Site Visit to two Youth Opportunity Centers funded by the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services Youth Opportunity Grant. Meeting with Special Assistant to the Director of D.C. DOES and the Director of the DC Youth Opportunity Initiative and visits to the Latin American Youth Center and the United Planning Organization. (Trip Report)
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)
10/20/2002 - 10/23/2002: Youth-and Community-Driven Policies and Services San Francisco and Oakland, CA: A Site Visit to San Francisco and Oakland, CA. Participants will meet with influential child advocates, including young people themselves, who have spearheaded sweeping changes in the region’s youth policies. Site visits include Beacons programs and the East Bay Conservation Corps. (Trip Report)
10/18/2002: Florida Virtual School: The Future of Learning?, Virtual instruction is an increasingly common phenomenon: twelve states have established on-line high schools and five others are developing them; 25 states have cyber charter schools, and 32 states have e-learning initiatives underway. (Forum Brief)
10/11/2002: Public Engagement: The Key to Successful School Reform, with Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network, and Cara Stillman, Executive Director, Education Fund for Greater Buffalo.
10/7/2002: Raising Student Achievement: A Role for Municipal Leaders, National League of Cities, with Audrey M. Hutchinson, Program Director, Education and Afterschool Initiatives, Institute for Youth, Education, and Families at the National League of Cities; Mayor John De Stefano, Jr. of New Haven, Connecticut; and Dr. Anne L. Bryant, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association. (Forum Brief)
10/4/2002: Building on Success: The Scaling Up of the Youth Voices Project in Philadelphia , with Barbara Ferman and Catherine Cavanaugh, University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia, Temple University, Mike Sack, Youth Empowerment Services, and Susan Goldberger, Jobs for the Future. (Forum Brief)
9/30/2002: The Promise of Preschool, with John Merrow. Screening of a new video to be aired on PBS. This video describes widely divergent types of preschool and the availability of quality preschool programs. (Forum Brief)
9/23/2002: Racial Inequality In Special Education: Implications For Idea’s Reauthorization, is a briefing on issues confronting minority youth in special education with an emphasis on implications for the upcoming reauthorization of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). The briefing features research from The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University called, Racial Inequity in Special Education. Featured speakers include Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project (CRP), and Daniel J. Losen, CRP Legal and Policy Research Associate, Darren Woodruff, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research, and Harvard Law Professor and CRP co-director Christopher Edley Jr. (Forum Brief)
9/20/2002: Innovative State Strategies To Promote Youth Development. Co-Sponsored by AYPF and the National Governors Association (NGA). Thomas MacLellan, Policy Analyst, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association (NGA), will moderate a panel including three members of NGA’s Youth Policy Network: Glenn Daly, Director of the Office of Youth Development at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services; Sally A. Herrick, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Youth Development, New York State Office of Children & Family Services; and Quentin Wilson, Cabinet Secretary for Governor Holden of Missouri. (Forum Brief)
9/12/2002: Thriving Over Time: Youth Employment Programs with a Track Record of Success--A Discussion with the PEPNet 2002 Renewal Awardees, American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), with the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), recognizes PEPNet award-winning programs, exemplars of effective practice in the youth employment and youth development fields. (Forum Brief)
7/29/2002: Youth with Disabilities and Transition to Employment, Laurie Powers, Oregon Institute on Disability and Development, and Marissa Johnson, Tracee Garner, and Rebecca Hare from the National Youth Leadership Network. (Forum Brief)
7/26/2002: What’s Up? The Rapid Increase of Young People in GED & Adult Education Programs: co-sponsored by the New York Citywide School to Work Alliance, the Literacy Assistance Center (LAC), and The New York City Professional Development Consortium (NYCPDC), with Jean Thomases, Member, Board of Directors, Literacy Assistance Center, and co-author of CBO Schools as moderator; Edith Gnanadass, Deputy Executive Director, Turning Point/Discipleship Outreach Ministries (TP/DOM); Alan Werner, Deputy Superintendent for Instruction and Student Services, Office of Alternative, Adult and Continuing Education, Schools and Programs, New York City Board of Education; and Martha Kamber, Director of Supportive Services, Sunset Park Adult and Family Education Program. (Forum Brief)
7/24/2002: Perkins Act Reauthorization (Discussion Group)
7/24/2002: Sharing Lessons Learned in the Field, a conversation with past field trip participants from 2001 and 2002 to reflect on lessons learned and observations of schools and youth programs. (Forum Brief)
7/23/2002: Roundtable: Contextual Learning and Structures for Learning. A second roundtable was held by the Institute for Educational Leadership and the American Youth Policy Forum as part of the work order to encourage sustainability of positive School-to-Work (STW) principles and practices. (Forum Brief)
7/18/2002: Connecting Kids to Technology: Challenges and Opportunities, cosponsored with the Benton Foundation, the Anne E. Casey Foundation, and the Education Technology Think Tank, with Rep. Major Owens, Tony Wilhelm, Benton Foundation, Felipe M. Floresca, Anne E. Casey Foundation, Ron Skinner, Education Week, and Dr. Ronnie Lowenstein, Education Technology Think Tank. (Forum Brief)
7/18/2002: Friendship House and Covenant House in DC-the Role of Community Based Organizations in Providing Youth Services, Washington, DC. (Trip Report)
7/12/2002: What Can We Learn from the Army About Student Mobility, with Major Rebecca Porter, Ph.D., Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army; Patty Shinseki, spouse of the Chief of Staff of the Army; M.-A. Lucas, Program Manager, Department of the Army Child and Youth Services; P.K. Tomlinson, Deputy Program Manager, Department of the Army Child and Youth Services. (Forum Brief)
6/28/2002: Services and Programs for Migrant Youth, with Richard Gomez, Jr., Director of Migrant/Bilingual Education, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington; Ann M. Cranston-Gingras, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Center for Migrant Education, University of South Florida. (Forum Brief)
6/21/2002: Dimensions of School-Community Collaboration: What It Takes to Make Collaboration Work, with Julie King-Leutnegger, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Mary Hallums, Executive Director, Comprehensive Reform, Sumter School District #2, Sumter, SC; Ann M. Foster, Director, Research and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning, Poudre School District, Fort Collins, CO; and Irv Katz, President/CEO, National Assembly/National Collaboration for Youth. (Forum Brief)
6/20/2002: Reauthorization of the National and Community Service Trust Act with Leslie Lenkowsky, Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for National and Community Service; Maggie McDow, Legislative Assistant, Office of Representative Tim Roemer; Denzel McGuire, Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Judd Gregg; Jill Morningstar, Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Paul Wellstone; and Rich Stombres, Legislative Assistant, Office of Representative John Boehner (Policy Dialogue). (Forum Brief)
6/14/2002: America's Teachers: Innovations in Recruitment, Retention, and Professional Preparation, with David Haselkorn, Dean of National Education Programs and Policy at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Art Wise, President, National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, and Emily Feistritzer, President of the National Center for Education Information. (Forum Brief)
6/7/2002: Closing The Achievement Gap in Urban Schools, with Mike Casserly, Executive Director, Council of Great City Schools and Fred Doolittle and Jason Snipes Manpower Development Research Corporation. (Forum Brief)
5/31/2002: Knowledge and Skills for Life: Findings from PISA, Programme for International Student Assessment, with Barry McGaw, Deputy Director for Education, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (Forum Brief)
5/17/2002: Youth Action for Educational Change, Eric Braxton, Director of the Philadelphia Student Union, Oona Chaterjee, Co-founder, Make the Road by Walking, Barbara Cervone, Executive Director, What Kids Can Do, and Merita Irby, Deputy Director, and Joel Tolman, Program Coordinator, Forum for Youth Investment. (Forum Brief)
5/13/2002 - 5/14/2002: High School Redesign and Innovation, Providence, Rhode Island, with visits to The Big Picture Company regarding The Met, the Rhode Island Children's Crusade for Higher Education, Providence School District, Central High School, Mt. Pleasant High School, and the Arts/Literacy Project at Brown University. (Trip Report)
5/13/2002: Comprehensive School Reform and Service Learning: A Potential Partnership? With Shelley H. Billig, Vice President, RMC Corporation, Hudi Podolsky, Executive Director, Coalition of Essential Schools; Greg Farrell, President, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound; and Susan Kovalik, President, Integrated Thematic Instruction. (Forum Brief)
5/9/2002: Roundtable: Improving Teaching and Learning Through Assessment, co-sponsored with the Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership. (Forum Brief)
4/26/2002: March Toward Excellence: School Success and Minority Student Achievement in Department of Defense Schools, Claire Smrekar and Debra Owens, Peabody Center for Education Policy, Vanderbilt University, and Taffy Corrigan, Assistant Associate Director for Education, U.S. Department of Defense Education Activities. (Forum Brief)
4/25/2002: Perkins Act Reauthorization (Discussion Group)
4/24/2002 - 4/26/2002: Interventions for Youth in the School- and Out-of-School Hours in Denver, Colorado, focusing on Colorado's Small Schools Initiative and high school reform, including a visit to Manual High School; and community schools and extended learning opportunities, with a visit to Cole Middle School, the site of a Beacon Neighborhood Center; adolescent youth programming, and visits to The Spot, downtown Denver's award-winning, nonprofit, drop-in youth center, and YouthBiz, a Youth Opportunity Grant site. (Trip Report)
4/19/2002: The YouthBuild Welfare to Work Program: Its Outcomes and Policy Implications, with Anne Wright, YouthBuild USA, Yvonne Thomas, YouthBuild WTW Program Director, Atlanta, and Carla Hanns, a former trainee from Atlanta. (Forum Brief)
4/12/2002: Moving an Out-of-School Agenda : Lessons and Challenges Across Cities, co-sponsored with the Youth Investment Forum, with Deborah Craig, Executive Director, YouthNet of Greater Kansas City; Renae Ogletree, Director, Youth Services Division, Chicago Department of Human Services; Joan Wynn, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. (Forum Brief)
4/9/2002: Baldrige Education Award Winners, Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige National Quality Program, NIST; Richard DeLorenzo, Superintendent, Chugach School District, Anchorage, Alaska; Frank Auriemma, Assistant Superintendent, Pearl River School District, Pearl River, NY; Charles Sorensen, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin. (Forum Brief)
4/5/2002: Can Policy Keep Pace with Changing Practice on Our High Schools? with Mike Cohen, Senior Fellow , The Aspen Institute Program on Education in a Changing Society; Adria Steinberg, Program Director, Jobs for the Future; and Tim Knowles, Deputy Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, Boston Public Schools (Forum Brief)
3/22/2002: Equal Access to Postsecondary Education? The Case of Undocumented Alien Students, with Josh Bernstein, National Immigration Law Center; Alejandra Rincon, Emergency Immigrant Education Program, Houston, Texas; and Dan Stein, American Immigration Reform. (Forum Brief)
3/8/2002: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Promoting Well-Trained Teachers and Research-Based Instruction in the Face of a Chronic Shortage of Special Education Faculty, with Deborah D. Smith, Research Professor of Special Education at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University; Sue Gamm, Chief Specialized Services Officer for the Chicago Public Schools (CPS); and Douglas Palmer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A & M University. (Forum Brief)
3/4/2002: Perkins Act Reauthorization (Discussion Group)
3/1/2002: Addressing the Causes and Consequences of High Student Mobility: The Role of School Systems and Communities, with Barbara Buell, educator and parent advocate, Chicago Panel for School Policy's Parent Connection; Carlos Azcoitia, Deputy Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public School System; and David Kerbow, Research Associate, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago. (Forum Brief)
2/15/2002: Dispelling the Myth: High Poverty, High Performing Schools, with Sondra Haung, Education Trust and representatives from schools. (Forum Brief)
2/14/2002: Learning through Teaching in an After-School Pedagogical Laboratory, Presenter Michèle Foster, Professor, Center for Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University, discussed effective research-based teaching and learning practices and literacy development for African American middle and high school students. (Forum Brief)
2/12/2002: Breakfast Briefing: Powerful Pathways: Framing Options and Opportunities for Vulnerable Youth, with Chris Sturgis, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and Talmira Hill. (Forum Brief)
2/8/2002: Residential Education: The Need for a New Option, with Heidi Goldsmith, the Director of the Coalition for Residential Education; the Honorable James R. Milliken Presiding, the Director of the San Pasqual Academy; and Father Leo Armbrust, the Director of Rennaisance Village. (Forum Brief)
2/1/2002: National Skill Standards Board: Integrating Manufacturing Skill Standards into Education and Training Programs, with Edie West, Executive Director of the National Skill Standards Board; Dr. Kenneth Breeden, Comissioner of the Georgia Dept. of Technical and Adult Education; and Laura Vandiver, from Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation. (Forum Brief)
1/29/2002: Perkins Act Reauthorization (Discussion Group)
1/25/2002: Youth Councils: Strategies for Comprehensive Youth Policies, with Irene Lynn, Director of the Office of Youth Opportunities; Marion Pines, Director of the Sar Levitan Center for Policy Studies; Karen Sitnick, Director of the Mayor's Office of Employment Development in Baltimore, MD; and Nathan Powell, the Workforce Development Liaison. (Forum Brief)
1/18/2002: Charter Schools in the District of Columbia, with visits to Friendship-Edison Collegiate Academy Charter School, School for Educational Evolution and Development (SEED), and Maya Angelou Public Charter School. (Trip Report)
1/17/2002: Youth Opportunity Grants: Experiences and Lessons from the Sites, with Lorenzo D. Harrison, Administrator of the Office of Youth Services in the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor; Vincent Gray, Executive Director of Covenant House; Toyce Newton, Executive Director of the Arkansas-based Phoenix Youth and Family Services, Inc.; and Robert Sainz, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement. (Forum Brief)