Briefs
- 3/8/2007
- Philadelphia’s Project U-Turn, Citywide Efforts to Address the Dropout Problem with Paul Vallas, Chief Executive Officer, School District of Philadelphia, Ruth Curran Neild, Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University, Courtney Collins-Shapiro, Director, Multiple Pathways to Graduation, School District of Philadelphia, Laura Shubilla, President of the Philadelphia Youth Network. (forum Brief)
- 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)
- 5/19/2006
- Career and Technical Education's Role in High School Reform with the Association for Career and Technical Education (Forum brief)
- 3/10/2006
- Rhode Island High School Diploma System: Lessons Learned from Implementation with Joe DiMartino, President, Center for Secondary School Redesign, Andrea Castaneda, Development Officer, Providence Public Schools, and Joe Maruszczak, Principal, Ponaganset High School (Forum brief)
- 1/8/2004
- California's Public Schools: From First to Worst, A Documentary Premiere with Jounalist John Merrow, Today’s forum screened the national premiere of John Merrow’s and John Tulenko’s dramatic one-hour film documentary, FROM FIRST TO WORST, scheduled to begin airing around the U.S. in February on the Public Broadcasting System. (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)
- 10/7/2002
- Raising Student Achievement: A Role for Municipal Leaders, National League of Cities, with Audrey M. Hutchinson, Program Director, Education and Afterschool Initiatives, Institute for Youth, Education, and Families at the National League of Cities; Mayor John De Stefano, Jr. of New Haven, Connecticut; and Dr. Anne L. Bryant, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association. (Forum Brief)
- 11/14/2000
- A Dinner Discussion with David Hornbeck. (Dinner Meeting)
- 6/23/2000
- Service-Learning in State Legislation: A State-Wide Citizenship Effort, with John Benson and Terry Pickeral. (Forum Brief)
- 4/28/2000
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education, with Peggy Siegel, the Director of Business/Education Initiatives for the National Alliance of Business (NAB), Brenda Clark, Principal of Azalea Elementary School, Doug Smith, Principal of Osceola High School, Star Glock, Staffing Specialist at GTE, and Lisa Deprez, Six Sigma Expert Raytheon. (Forum Brief)
- 11/12/1999
- A Close Up View of School Reform: Chicago, Seattle and Philadelphia, with John Merrow. (Forum Brief)
- 12/11/1998
- A Revolution in School District Governance: The Chicago Experience, with Dorothy Shipps, Director, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago. (Forum Brief)
- 3/12/1998
- A Discussion with Dr. Thomas W. Payzant, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools: System-Wide School Reform: A National and Local Perspective. (Dinner Meeting)
- 1/16/1998
- High Schools That Work: Critical Insights on School Reform, with Gene Bottoms, Director, Southern Regional Educational Board, State Vocational Education Consortium. (Forum Brief)
Trip Reports
- 10/18/2007-
10/19/2007
- State Policy Trip to Miami, Florida, October 18-19, 2007: Career Pathways and K-12 Education. Highlights from this trip include meeting with Rudy Crew, Superintendent of Miami-Dade Country Public Schools, as well as other policy and education experts at the state and local levels. In addition, we visited Miami Edison Senior High School, MacArthur South Senior High School, and Robert Morgan Educational Center. (Trip Report)
- 12/3/2002 -
12/5/2002
- Building and Strengthening Linkages between Traditional and Nontraditional Education Systems in Austin, TX. The study mission was jointly sponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum and the National Youth Employment Coalition. Members of the Austin Group, a volunteer group of organizations, agencies and individuals dedicated to providing quality educational options and resources for vulnerable youth, also participated. (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)
- 3/23/1995 -
3/24/1995
- Reforms in Urban Education, Youth Development, Community Service and School-to-Career Transition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including visits to the Fitness and Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Academies; Health Tech 2000; the YouthBuild Program; a West Philadelphia Partnership Improvement Corporation community service site, Shaw Middle School; and meeting with Superintendent of Schools David Hornbeck. (Trip Report)
