What's New
AYPF is pleased to announce the release of the 2009-2010 Annual Report. Click here to view the PDF version or you can Click here to go to our Annual Reports Webpage to view this and past reports!
Upcoming Events
- There are no upcoming events to announce at this time. Please check back in 2012 for an update!
- 10/14/11
- The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program on Academic Outcomes Providing youth from historically disadvantaged backgrounds with the resources they need to succeed is challenging. One of the particularly daunting transition points is from elementary to middle school, where even strong students can fall behind. Educators and policymakers are increasingly paying attention to out-of-school-time programs as a way of providing academic supports to help close the achievement gap. Higher Achievement, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, is a program, which not only targets youth as they transition to middle school, but also serves them throughout the middle school years – providing a rigorous after-school and summer academic program that gives youth from at-risk communities their best opportunity to succeed in middle school. The program integrates afterschool and summer learning opportunities and explicitly helps students apply to competitive high schools. In addition, students participate in monthly field trips, career shadowing days, community service projects, and college visits. Presenters included Lynsey Wood Jeffries, Executive Director, Higher Achievement DC Metro (DC); Dr. Leigh Linden , Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin (TX), and Richard Tagle, CEO, Higher Achievement (DC). (Forum Brief)
- 06/27/11
- Successful School-Community Partnerships: Using Lessons Learned from Practice and Research to Expand Learning As policymakers and practitioners consider ways to provide high-quality learning opportunities to all students through expanded day and afterschool programs, a central component of the work is creating and maintaining strong partnerships between schools and community organizations. This forum highlighted research and practice on successful school-community partnerships, which can help inform policy discussions related to afterschool and expanded learning opportunities. Discussion focused on: creating a shared vision between education and community partners; determining and measuring student outcomes for all partners; sharing data among partners; identifying and supporting strong leadership; and building organizational capacity. Speakers included Jessica Donner, Director, Collaborative for Building After School Systems (CBASS) (NY); Priscilla Little, Consultant and formerly of Harvard Family Research Project (MA); and Jennifer Peck, Executive Director, Partnership for Children and Youth (CA). (Forum Brief)
Trip Reports
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Bulletins
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