2006 Events

12/15/06
: Secondary-Postsecondary Learning Options: Statewide Policies with Sally Zeiger Hanson, Assistant Director, Education Services, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WA); Dr. Patricia Windham, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Evaluation, Florida Department of Education (FL) and Jennifer Brown Lerner, Program Associate, American Youth Policy Forum (DC). (Forum Brief)
12/01/06

The Youth Violence Reduction Partnership: Philadelphia's Approach to Combating Youth Crime with John Delaney, Deputy District Attorney, City of Philadelphia (PA); Denise Clayton, YVRP Coordinator (PA) and Wendy McClanahan, Vice President for Research, Public/Private Ventures (PA). (Forum Brief)
11/20/06: Academic and Workforce Development Programs for Court-Involved Youth, A Youth Development Approach with Thomas M. Buzbee, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Trades Center (TX) and Joe McLaughlin, Court Employment Project Director, CASES (NY). (Forum Brief)
11/15/06- 11/16/06: Supporting Students At Risk of Dropping Out and Increasing Course Rigor. Highlights from this trip include meetings with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Suellen Reed, state legislators, representatives from the Governor’s Office, Department of Public Instruction, higher education, and the business community, as well as visits to the Lawrence Early College High School for Science and Technologies and Shelbyville High School. (Trip Report)

11/09/06: The Impact of Afterschool Programs on Personal and Social Skills: Recent Findings from a Scientific Review with Joseph A. Durlak, Professor, Loyola University Chicago, (IL) and Lena Miller, Founder and Director of Development, Bayview Safe Haven, San Francisco, (CA) (Forum Brief)
11/03/06: Cooperation and Accountability: Spotlight on the Jefferson County Afterschool System with Darrell Aniton, Division Director, Louisville Metro Department of Youth Development (KY); Marty Bell, Deputy to the Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Robert Rodosky, Executive Director, Accountability, Research & Planning, Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); and Don Shaw, Executive Director, Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of America (KY). (Forum Brief)
10/27/06
: New Century High Schools Initiative with Bob Hughes, President, New Visions for Public Schools (NY); Ronald Chaluisan, Vice President of Programs, New Visions for Public Schools (NY); and Elizabeth Reisner, Principal, Policy Studies Associates (DC). (Forum Brief)
10/05/06- 10/06/06: STEM and Early College Highlights from this trip include visits to the School of Health and Life Sciences, Information Technology High School, and Robeson Early College High School, as well as meetings with state legislators and representatives from the Governor’s Office, Department of Public Instruction, Community College System, and the business community (Trip Report)
10/04/06
: Lumina Roundtable With presentations by Jennifer Brown Lerner, American Youth Policy Forum (DC); Melinda Mechur Karp, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University (NY); Nancy Hoffman and Joel Vargas, Jobs for the Future (MA)and Demaree Michelau, Western Interstate Commissions on Higher Education (CO). (Discussion Group)
09/29/06: Secondary-Postsecondary Learning Options: Best Practices in the Field with Ron Kindell, Director, Miami Valley Tech Prep Consortium (OH); Chery Wagonlander, Principal, Mott Middle College High School (MI) and Jennifer Brown Lerner, Program Associate, American Youth Policy Forum (DC). (Forum Brief)
09/22/06: Citizen Schools: Putting Students on a Pathway to Academic and Social Success with Eric Schwarz, President and Co-Founder of Citizen Schools (MA); Lara Fabiano, Senior Researcher, Policy Studies Associates (DC); and Chris Harris, Campus Director, Citizen Schools, McKinley Middle School, New Brunswick, (NJ). (Forum Brief)
09/15/06: Youth Mentoring: Programs and Practices that Work with Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston (MA); David L. DuBois, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago (IL); and Andrea S. Taylor, Ph.D., Director of Training, Center for Intergenerational Learning, Temple University (PA). (Forum Brief)
09/08/06: Dropout Reconnection as a Local Economic Development Strategy with Andrew O. Moore, Senior Consultant, National League of Cities (DC); Deborah Feldman, Administrator, Montgomery County, (OH); and Karen Sitnick, Director, Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, Baltimore, (MD). (Forum Brief)
06/23/06: Middle Grades Reform: Breaking Ranks in the Middle and Schools to Watch with John Nori, Director, School Leadership Services, National Association of Secondary Schools Principals (VA); Irv Howard, Director, California Schools to Watch (CA); and Linda Hopping, Co-Chair, Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch (GA). (Forum Brief)

05/25/06- 05/26/06: Dual Enrollment and Multiple Pathways to Graduation. Highlights from this trip include visits to South Brooklyn Community High School, The Bronx Academy of Letters, and Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College, as well as meetings with Joel Klein, NYC Chancellor of Education, and Sheila Evans-Tranumn, Associate Commissioner of Education. (Trip Report)
05/23/06- 05/24/06
: Serving Older Youth Through a Comprehensive Out-of-School Time System
A short publication has been created that highlights lessons learned by participants at the May 2006 AYPF field trip to Philadelphia about the best practices the city uses to sustain its comprehensive out-of-school time system. (Trip Report)
05/19/06
: Career and Technical Education's Role in High School Reform with the Association for Career and Technical Education with Jan Bray, Executive Director, ACTE (VA); Tom Schultz, Superintendent, Auburn Career Center (OH); and Suzanne Maxey, Principal of Seneca Valley High School (MD). (Forum Brief)
05/15/06: Schools for a New Society Roundtable Discussion with Rochelle Nichols-Solomon, Director, Schools for a New Society Technical Assistance Program, Academy of Educational Development (DC); Donnie Evans, Superintendent, Providence Public Schools (RI); Mary Harrison, Executive Director, Rhode Island Children's Crusade (RI); Jesse Register, Superintendent, Hamilton County Department of Education (TN); Dan Challener, Public Education Foundation, Chattanooga (TN); and Mindy Hernandez, Carnegie Corporation of New York (NY). (Forum Brief)
04/07/06: How Do High School Students Get Academic, Leadership, Work Skills, and Still Manage to Serve the Community? With students and faculty from Howenstine High School, Tucson, (AZ). (Forum Brief)
03/31/06: Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth: Two Public High School Principals Talk about How They Re-engage Dropouts (Release of Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth) with James Anderson, Principal, Horizonte Instruction and Training Center, William Tracy, Principal, Daylight/Twilight High School, Trenton, Nancy Martin, Senior Program Associate, American Youth Policy Forum, and Samuel Halperin, Senior Fellow, American Youth Policy Forum (DC). (Forum Brief)
03/17/06: The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion from High School Through College with Cliff Adelman, Senior Research Analyst, Department of Education (DC). (Forum Brief)
03/12/06- 03/14/06: Extended-day Policies and Turning Around Low- Performing Schools. Highlights include visits to the Boston Day and Evening Academy, Boston Community Leader0ship Academy, Another Course to College, and three small schools at the South Boston Education Complex, and meetings with Superintendent Thomas Payzant, and Massachusetts Commissioner of Education David Driscoll. (Trip Report)
03/10/06
: Rhode Island High School Diploma System: Lessons Learned from Implementation with Joe DiMartino, President, Center for Secondary School Redesign, (RI); Andrea Castaneda, Development Officer, Providence Public Schools, (RI); and Joe Maruszczak, Principal, Ponaganset High School (RI). (Forum Brief)
03/09/06
: Inventing Hispanic Serving Institutions: The Basics with Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (DC); Sarita Brown, President, Excelencia in Education, (DC); Deborah Santiago, Vice President for Policy and Research, Excelencia in Education, (DC); Ricardo Fernandez, President Lehman College, (NY); Jose Jaime Rivera, President, Universidad Sagrado Corazon (PR). (Forum Brief)
02/15/06- 02/17/06: College-ready Curriculum and High Tech High. Highlights include visits to High Tech High, Madison Senior High School, School of International Business, the San Diego MET, and meetings with Superintendent Carl Cohn and Deputy Superintendent Geno Flores, and California State Deputy Superintendent Sue Stickel. (Trip Report)
02/14/06: Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth, a report by The Institute for Higher Education Policy with Tom Wolanin, Senior Associate, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, (DC). (Congressional Briefing)
02/10/06: Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth, a report by The Institute for Higher Education Policy with Tom Wolanin, Senior Associate, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, (DC); Jamie Merisotis, President, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, (DC); and Erin Renner, Assistant Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (DC). (Forum Brief)
01/13/06: Charter Schools Providing Academically Based Workforce Development for Out-of-School Youth: with Ann Higdon, president and founder of Improved Solutions of Urban Systems (OH) and Phil Matero, Deputy Director of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps. (CA). (Forum Brief)