2005 Events

12/12/2005: Head Start On College: Dual Enrollment Strategies In New England 2004-2005: with Joel Vargas, Senior Project Manager, Jobs for the Future and Amy Robins, Project Manager, Jobs for the Future. (briefing)
12/9/2005: AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination with Ron Ottinger, National Associate Director, AVID Center, Rob Gira, Executive Vice President, National Programs, AVID Center, Dr. Joe Hairston, Superintendent, Baltimore County Schools, and an AVID practitioner. (Forum Brief)
11/15/2005: No Child Left Behind and the Juvenile Justice Education System: A Plan for National Collaboration with Dr. Thomas Blomberg, Dean and Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University (briefing)
11/14/2005: Improving Academic Performance by Integrating Service-Learning into the Core Curriculum? (forum Brief)
11/4/2005: Maximizing Civic and Academic Outcomes: Understanding What Works in Service-Learning (forum Brief)
11/3/2005: States Try Harder, But Gaps Persist: High School Exit Exams 2005, Impacts on English Language Learners with Patricia Sullivan, Director, Center on Education Policy (briefing)
10/28/2005: CUNY College Now with John Garvey, Associate Dean for Collaborative Programs, City University of New York, Tracy Meade, Deputy Director of Collaborative Programs, City University of New York, and Jennifer Lee, Director of College Now and Collaborative Programs, Baruch College. (forum Brief)
10/21/2005: Coordinated Efforts Focused on Workforce Development for Out of School Youth in Portland with Carole Smith, Director of Alternative Education, Portland Public Schools, Linda Huddle, Director, Alternative Programs/PCC Prep, Portland Community College, and Andrew Mason, Executive Director, Open Meadow Alternative Schools (forum Brief)
10/17/2005: Increasing Transitions from Adult to Postsecondary Education with Forrest Chisman, Vice President, Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy, Gail Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College, and Bob Bickerton, Associate Commissioner, MA Center for Lifelong Learning (FORUM Brief)
10/07/2005: Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs: Learning What Works with Priscilla Little, Associate Director of Harvard Family Research Project and Project Manager of its Out-Of-School Time Learning and Development Initiative, Sherri Lauver, HFRP Consultant and Assistant Professor at the Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, and Stephanie Davolos Harden, Regional Director for Massachusetts at Citizen Schools. (Forum Brief)
9/23/2005: First Things First: An Effective High School Reform Model with Jim Connell, Founder and President, Institute for Research and Reform in Education and Janet Quint, Senior Associate, MDRC. (Forum Brief)
7/22/2005: Employer-School Partnerships: The Role of Education in Workforce and Economic Development: with Mark Whitlock and Don Moore, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board, Central Education Center in Coweta County, GA, Jeff Dole, Administrator, Lansing Area Manufacturing Program, Lansing, MI, and Connie Thompson, UAW-GM Human Resources Center. (Forum Brief)
7/15/2005: On Course for Success: A Close Look at Selected High School Courses that Prepare all Students for College with Stephanie G. Robinson, Principal Partner, Education Trust, Mary Stein, Manager of Elementary and Secondary School Programs, ACT, Norman Grange, Assistant Principal, Lewis Cass Technical High School, and Diane Maisel, Assistant Principal, Murphy High School. (Forum Brief)
6/24/2005: One Third of a Nation: The Dropout Challenge and Strategies to Reconnect Youth, with Paul Barton, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service, Linda Harris, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Sally Prouty, President, National Association of Service and Conservation Corps. (Forum Brief)
6/17/2005: Talent Development High School Model: Findings from MDRC Evaluation, with James Kemple, Senior Research Associate and Corinne Herlihy, Research Associate, MDRC; Jim McPartland, Project Director, Talent Development, Johns Hopkins University; Lois Mondesire, Principal and Laura Schulz, Talent Development Organizational Facilitator, Strawberry Mansion High School, Philadelphia, PA. (Forum Brief)
6/10/2005: Early College High Schools: Lessons Learned in New School Creation with Joel Vargas, Senior Project Manager, Jobs for the Future; Tom Lasley, Dean, University of Dayton; and Judy Hennessey, Principal, Dayton Early College Academy. (Forum Brief)
5/31/2005- 6/1/2005: Site Visit to Boston, MA , with visits to Another Course to College, Boston Community Leadership Academy, Hyde Square Task Force, Boston Collegiate Charter School, and Boston Day and Evening Academy and meetings with Superintendent Payzant and the partners in the high school reform efforts. (trip report)
5/20/2005: Opening Doors: Building Learning Communities at Kingsborough Community College, with Dan Bloom, Senior Research Associate, MDRC; Rachel Singer, Director of Academic Affairs, Peter Cohen, Director of the Freshmen Year Experience, and Marcia Babbitt, interim chair of the English Department and Faculty Coordinator for Opening Doors, and two students, Kingsborough Community College. (Forum Brief)
5/12/2005: Out-of-School Time Advisory Committee Meeting (discussion group)
5/13/2005: Out-of-School-Time Programming for Youth in Philadelphia, with David Fair, Director, Philadelphia Department of Human Services/Community Based Prevention Services; Naomi Gubernick, Director, Non-School Hour Services, Philadelphia Public Schools; JoAnn Lawer, President and CEO, Philadelphia Safe and Sound; and Laura Shubilla, President, Philadelphia Youth Network. (Forum Brief)
5/6/2005: Building Quality, Scale and Effectiveness in After-School Programs, The Results of a Five-Year Evaluation of Programs Supported by The After-School Corporation (TASC), with Lucy N. Friedman, TASC President, and Elizabeth Reisner, Project Study Director, Policy Studies Associates. (Forum Brief)
4/29/2005: A CALL TO ACTION: Transforming High School for All Youth, with Joe DiMartino, Director, Student Centered Learning, LAB at Brown University; Naomi Housman, Director, National High School Alliance; Colleen Callahan, Rhode Island Board of Regents; Michael Bell, Assistant Superintendent, Miami Dade Public Schools; and Lucy Fernandez, Principal, South Texas High School for Health Professions. (Forum Brief)
4/22/2005: Latin American Youth Center's YouthBuild Program. One day field trip in Washington, DC to explore the work of this dynamic, multi-faceted community-based organization and its impact on young people. (Trip Report)
4/15/2005: The Impact of Youth Court on the Juvenile Justice System featuring findings from a recent survey on youth courts nationwide presented by Sarah S. Pearson, AYPF; J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice; and Steve Culbertson, President, Youth Service America, and Carl Wicklund, Executive Director, American Probation and Parole Association. (Forum Brief)
3/18/2005: The Paradox of Rising Teen Joblessness in An Expanding Labor Market, featuring Professor Andrew Sum, Director of the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University. Professor Sum presented research aimed at increasing awareness of effective career preparation and workforce development policy and programs for disadvantaged youth and young adults. (Forum Brief)
3/11/2005: Restoring the Balance between Academics and Civic Engagement in Public Schools with Sarah Pearson, Program Associate, American Youth Policy Forum; Gene Carter, Executive Director and CEO, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; Shelley H. Billig, Vice President, RMC Research; Barbara Greenspan Shaiman, Founder and Executive Director, Champions of Caring, Ann Marie Marranzini, English Teacher, University City High School, Philadelphia, PA; and Shanae Bentley, Senior, University City High School, Philadelphia, PA. (Press Release)
2/18/2005: The Role of Community-based Organizations in Serving Youth in the Out-of-School-Time featuring Chris Myers, Executive Director, Sunflower County Freedom Project; Sonya Clark-Herrera, Executive Director, East Palo Alto Mural Art Project; and Spencer H. Holland, Executive Director, Project 2000.. (Forum Brief)
2/14/2005: Exploring Service-Learning as a Way to Increase Student Academic Performance and Civic Involvement visit to Friendship Edison Public Carter School in Washington, DC. The field tip featured a tour and discussion on the adoption, implementation and sustainability of service-learning as a way to engage students in increasing academic and civic skills. (Trip Report)
1/14/2005: The Role of National Youth-Serving Organizations in Out-of-School-Time Programming for Older and Harder-to-Serve Youth, featuring Carla Herrera, Senior Policy Researcher, Public/Private Ventures. With roundtable discussion by Harriet Mosatche, Senior Director, Girls Scouts of the USA; Eric Killian, Associate Professor/ Area Extension Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension; Andy Millikan, National Director for National Teen Programs and Service Learning, Camp Fire; and Sharon Williams, Specialty Consultant for Teens, YMCA of the USA. (Forum Brief)