2003 Events

12/12/2003: Creating Equitable High Schools: Strategies to Eliminate Tracking and Ability Grouping, with Kevin G. Welner, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder School of Education, Carol Burris and Delia Garrity, Rockville Free Union School District, Long Island, NY, and Tom Ledue,Prinicpal, Noble High School, North Berwick, ME (Forum Brief)
12/5/2003: Improving Secondary Education and Transition Services for Youth with Disabilities, According to national research youth with disabilities have lower than desired academic achievement levels, high dropout rates, substantial levels of under- and un-employment, economic instability, and low levels of enrollment and completion in postsecondary education and training. (Forum Brief)
12/2/2003 - 12/3/2003: High School Reform in Cleveland, Ohio, This visit was organized to allow participants to learn about the efforts of a large urban school district that is engaged in converting its comprehensive high schools into small learning communities, creating new small schools, and to learn about other programs that support student achievement and entry into postsecondary education or work. (Trip Report)
10/17/2003: Increasing College Access: State and Local Efforts, with Christina Milano, National College Access Network (NCAN), Wendy Ault, MELMAC Education Foundation and Patricia Lonergan, Early Awareness initiative at the Cleveland Scholarship. Panelists representing three different programs and initiatives spoke about their various approaches to increasing college access and presented recommendations for policymakers engaged in the reauthorization of the HEA. (Forum Brief)
10/3/2003: Improving Labor Market Prospects for Youth: Evidence from Career Academies, This forum featured evidence of how Career academies provide students with interpersonal support, link academic curriculum with career-related courses, and foster career awareness through school partnerships with employers. (Forum Brief)
7/25/2003: Policy Discussion on the National and Community Service Trust Act, with Ira Harkavy, Director, Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania and panel of Members of Congress and staff. (Forum Brief)
7/25/2003: Opening Doors: How Community Colleges Can Help Low-Wage Workers Earn College Credentials, with Melissa Wavelet, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Lisa Matus-Grossman, National Governors’ Association, and Byron McClenney, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY. (Forum Brief)
7/21/2003: Leading Policy and Practice for Online Teaching and Learning, with John Bailey, Director of Instructional Technology, U S Department of Education; Suellen Reed, State Superintendent, Indiana Department of Education, David Driscoll, Commissioner of Education, Massachusetts Department of Education; Andrew Zucker, Researcher, SRI, and Liz Pape, CEO, Virtual High School. Panelists will identify and discuss policy issues around online standards and quality, economy and sustainability of online education, and online learning models. (Forum Brief)
7/18/2003: Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Issues and Options, with Tom Wolanin, Jamie Merisotis, Alisa Cunningham, and Jane Wellman, the Institute for Higher Education Policy. (Forum Brief)
6/27/2003: Community Schools: Making the Difference for Students, Families, Schools, and Communities (Forum Brief)
6/20/2003: Latinos in Higher Education: Many Enroll But Few Graduate, with researcher Richard Fry, Senior Associate and Executive Director Roberto Suro from the Pew Hispanic Center. (Forum brief)
6/13/2003: Education Retention Issues for Latino High School and College Aged Youth, with Roberto Suro, Director of the Pew Hispanic Center, Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center, Harry Holzer, Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Center. (Forum Brief)
6/6/2003: Diverse Schools: Building Strong Communities, In-School and Beyond, with Eileen Kugler, Author, Donald Clausen, Principal, Annandale High School, Virginia, and Michael Hanna, Principal, Storm Lake High School, Storm Lake, Iowa. (Forum Brief)
5/30/2003: Beyond the Pipeline: Getting Principals We Need, Where They Are Needed Most, with Christine DeVita and Richard Laine, Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund, Marguerite Roza, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, Susan Gates, Rand Corporation, Michael Casserly, Council of Great City Schools, and Daniel Domenech, Superintendent of Fairfax County, VA Public Schools. (Forum Brief)
5/22/2003: Students Serving Stafford County, Virginia: Service-Learning Institutionalized District-wide. During the visit participants will hear from Brooke Point High School students who incorporated service-learning into their physics projects in designing simple machines for disabled citizens; meet drafting students that designed an addition for a nearby church; and see the way Students Serving Stafford connects with AmeriCorps and Teacher Corps. We will be meeting with the District Superintendent, the Virginia Learn and Serve Coordinator, the Stafford County Learn and Serve Coordinator, educators and others. (Trip report)
5/21/2003 - 5/24/2003: High School Reform in San Diego, CA, with visits to High Tech High School, Mission Bay High School, Garfield Alternative High School, and Southwest High School, and meetings with officials from the San Diego City Schools, Patrick Ainsworth, Director, High School Leadership Division, CA State Department of Education, and Doris Alvarez, Principal, Preuss Charter School. (Trip Report)
5/16/2003: Understanding Systems of Programs and Services that Affect Families, with Margaret Dunkle, Health Insurance Reform Project, The George Washington University. (Forum Brief)
5/9/2003: A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement, with Anne Henderson, Institute of Education and Social Policy, and Karen Mapp, Institute for Responsive Education (Boston). (Forum Brief)
4/29/2003: Civics in Action: DC Students Changing the Course of Public Policy at the Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School, with Charles Haynes of First Amendment Schools Project and Irasema Salcido, Principal, Cesar Chavez Public Policy High School. (Trip Report)
4/28/2003 - 5/2/2003: Sessions at the National Indian and Native American Employment and Training Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
4/25/2003: Keeping America Competitive: How a Talent Shortage Threatens U.S. Manufacturing, with Phyllis Eisen, National Association of Manufacturers, Tom Heywood, Pikes Peak Community College, and Rito Martinez, Intel Corporation. (Forum Brief)
4/24/2003 - 4/25/2003: Rural Learning Exchange: Yakima, WA.
4/11/2003: Youth Development Policy in South Africa and its Relevance to the U.S., with Alan Zuckerman, former Executive Director, National Youth Employment Coalition. (Forum Brief)
3/28/2003: How Youth Become Effective Citizens – Models for Engaging Youth in Policy, with Ben Smilowitz, youth leader, Quentin Wilson, Missouri State Commissioner of Higher Education, and other youth leaders from San Francisco and the State of Missouri. (Forum Brief)
3/27/2003 - 3/28/2003: Learning Exchange: Bloomington, MN.
3/21/2003: “Generation DotNet:” A Contrast in Civic and Political Behavior. Staff from CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement), and Pew Charitable Trusts discuss findings from their new study of the nation’s civic life, with an emphasis on youth. (Forum Brief)
3/17/2003 - 3/19/2003: Education, Community and Workforce Development in Rural Mississippi. Field Trip to to learn about statewide education reform initiatives, community organizing for education reform, and successful after-school and out-of-school youth programs in the Delta region of Mississippi. (Trip Report)
3/14/2003: Why Rural Matters 2003: The Continuing Need for Every State to Take Action on Rural Education, with Rachel B. Tompkins, President, and Marty Strange, Policy Director, The Rural Trust; and William J. Mathis, Superintendent of Schools for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon, Vermont. (Forum Brief)
2/21/2003: A Place to Grow: Evaluation of the New York City Beacons, School-Community-Family Partnerships, with Constancia Warren, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Peter Kleinbard, Fund for the City of New York, Tracy Calderon, Beacons Director, and Jonathan Guity, student. (Forum Brief)
2/20/2003 - 2/21/2003: The Power of Youth Court: Cultivating a Culture of Community and Citizenship. Field trip participants learned about Youth Court, a youth-led crime intervention and prevention program that seeks to positively influence youth by increasing awareness of delinquency issues and by mobilizing community members and youth to take an active role in addressing youth delinquency at an early stage. (Trip Report) Pages 19-25 in Building An Effective Citizenry.
2/14/2003: Charter Schools: Ten Years Old and Still Growing?, with Bruno Manno, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Andrew Rotherham, Progressive Policy Institute. (Forum Brief)
2/7/2003: Sustained Funding for Youth and Out-of-School Time Programs: Perspectives from Cities, with Margaret Brodkin, Coleman Associates for Children and Youth, and Janice Ellis, Partnership for Children. (Forum Brief)
2/5/2003: Discussion Group: Perkins Act Reauthorization Group
1/31/2003: Focus on the Future: Building One System for Youth Development and Opportunity, with Hilary Pennington, Jobs for the Future, Wendy Puriefoy, Public Education Network, and Chris Sturgis, Charles S. Mott Foundation. (Forum Brief)
1/30/2003: American Youth Policy Forum's 10th Anniversary Reception, Atrium of the World Bank
1/24/2003: Youth Development and the Preparation of Youth for Employment, with Dorothy Stoneman, YouthBuild USA, Karen Hein, William T. Grant Foundation, and Andrew Hahn, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University. (Forum Brief)
1/17/2003: Educational Reform: Progress and Prospects with Robert Schwartz, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Warren Simmons, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University, Gene Bottoms, Southern Regional Education Board. (Forum Brief)
1/10/2003: A New Civic Institution for the New Century, with Alan Khazei, City Year, Jim Kielsmeier, National Youth Leadership Council, and Shirley Sagawa, Sagawa/Jospin. (Forum Brief)