Parent, Community Involvement & Community Schools
Briefs
- 10/27/2006
- New Century High Schools Initiative with Bob Hughes, President, New Visions for Public Schools, Ronald Chaluisan, Vice President of Programs, New Visions for Public Schools, and Elizabeth Reisner, Principal, Policy Studies Associates (Forum brief)
- 5/15/2006
- Schools for a New Society Roundtable Discussion with Rochelle Nichols-Solomon, Director, Schools for a New Society Technical Assistance Program. Academy of Educational Development, Donnie Evans, Superintendent, Providence Public Schools, Mary Harrison, Executive Director, Rhode Island Children's Crusade, Jesse Register, Superintendent, Hamilton County Department of Education, Dan Challener, Public Education Foundation, Chattanooga, and Mindy Hernandez, Carneige Corporation of New York (Forum brief)
- 4/07/2006
- 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, Arizona (Forum brief)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 4/11/2003
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 11/2/2001
- Every Child Counts: Citizens Tackle the Achievement Gap in Louisville, KY, with Anne T. Henderson, Senior Consultant, Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University; Beverly Raimondo, Director, Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence; Lynn Rippy, Director, Jefferson County Community Accountability Team. (Forum Brief)
- 10/12/2001
- Education and Community Building: Connecting Two Worlds, with Martin Blank, Director of Community Collaboration, and Barbara McCloud, Associate Director, School Leadership for the 21st Century Initiative, Institute for Educational Leadership; Nancy Aardema, Executive Director, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and Amanda Rivera, Principal, Ames Middle School, Chicago. (Forum Brief)
- 3/9/2001
- Is the Concept of Full Service Community Schools Ready for Federal Support? with researcher, writer and lecturer Joy G. Gryfoos and Sue Maguire, principal, Molly Stark Community School, Bennington, Vermont. (Forum Brief)
- 3/10/2000
- Deepening Partnerships Between School and Community, with Martin J. Blank, Staff Director of the Coalition for Community Schools, Mary Freeland, Executive Director of Jacksonville Children's Commission, Phil Gonring, Program Officer at the Rose Community Foundation, and Shirley Farnsworth, Director of Community Education for the Denver Public Schools. (Forum Brief)
- 6/11/1999
- A Youth Development Approach to Services for Young People: The Work of the Family and Youth Services Bureau. (Forum Brief)
- 6/17/1998
- Best Practices Serving Job Corps: The National "Alpha Award" Winners, with staff of the National Job Corps Coalition and 1998 Alpha Award Winners. (Forum Brief)
- 1/30/1998
- Community Change for Youth Development: Lessons from a Two-Year Pilot, with Bernadine Watson, Vice President, Public/Private Ventures and CCYD project director; Otis Johnson, Executive Director, Youth Futures Authority, Savannah, Georgia; James Mills, Executive Director, Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County (St. Petersburg); and Dennis Campa, former Director, Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department. (Forum Brief)
- 7/18/1997
- Two Model Youth Media Projects: Teaching Literacy, Critical Thinking and Community Involvement, with Keith Hefner, Youth Communication and Steve Goodman, Educational Video Center. (Forum Brief)
- 2/23/1996
- Mentoring: Does It Make A Difference? Findings From An Impact Study Of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, with Joseph Tierney and Jean Baldwin Grossman, Public/Private Ventures. (Forum Brief)
- 10/28/1994
- Promoting Youth Development in Urban Communities: Unprecedented Success for The Quantum Opportunities Program, with Anderw Hahn, Brandeis University and panel from Opportunities Industrialization Centers and the Ford Foundation. (Forum Brief)
Trip Reports
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 10/18/2001 -
10/19/2001 - A View of Exemplary Practices in Two Virginia Cities — A Nationally Recognized High School in Newport News and Youth Development and Comprehensive Youth Programming in Hampton featuring insights into Hampton’s commitment to comprehensive programming for youth with a focus on youth as assets, and visits to Jones Middle School, the Newtown Learning Center, youth-serving agencies, Menchville High School (a 1999-2000 U.S. Department of Education New American High School, Newport News), and a meeting with Hampton City government leaders. (Trip Report)
- 10/29/2000 -
10/31/2000 - Community Schools and Partnerships to Improve Learning and Services for Youth, in conjunction with the Coalition for Community, Kansas City, MO. (Trip Report)
- 3/1/2000
- Community Schools and Beacon Models in New York City. (Trip Report)
- 10/19/1995 -
10/20/1995 - District-Wide School-to-Work System and School Choice in Milwaukee, WI. (Trip Report)
Publications
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No More Islands: Family
Involvement in 27 School and Youth Programs When families’ are active in their children’s learning at home, in school, and in youth programs, good things happen. Research has revealed that this connection yields higher grades and test scores, better attendance, attention to homework, fewer special education placements, better attitudes and behavior, higher graduation rates, and greater enrollment in postsecondary education. Family involvement in both school and youth programs is a requirement of No Child Left Behind and the Workforce Investment Act, increasing interest in the topic. For those who want to learn what has been accomplished in this area by leading school and youth programs, the American Youth Policy Forum has compiled a 152-page report, No More Islands: Family Involvement in 27 School and Youth Programs. The report asserts that young people should not be treated as “islands” by school and youth programs, separate from the context of learning that includes the involvement of their families. No More Islands shares evaluations of school and youth programs that describe family involvement in a variety of venues. |
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