Informing Youth Policy, Improving Youth Outcomes

The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization, provides learning opportunities for policy leaders, practitioners and researchers working on youth and education issues at the national, state, and local levels.

  • AYPF Blog: 5 Things I Wish I Had Known About Juvenile Justice

    Former Policy Research Assistant and high school teacher Zachary Malter offers insight into some of the challenges youth involved in the juvenile justice system face as they transition from high school to college and/or careers.

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  • Advancing the Educational Success for At-Risk & Systems Involved Youth

    AYPF recently sponsored a three-part webinar series, Part I, Part II and Part III, focused on promoting the educational success for at-risk and systems involved youth.

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  • Alternative Education

    Housing various publications, including our newest brief: Measuring Success: Accountability for Alternative Education, this new resource page offers a deep dive into alternative education.

    View Resource Page

  • New White Paper: Afterschool & Workforce: Opportunities for System-Level Alignment

    This white paper discusses the need for and benefits of better alignment across afterschool and workforce systems.

    View White Paper
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Featured Topic Areas

  • Afterschool/Expanded Learning

    This Program Area addresses policies, programs, strategies, and research that take place in the school and non-school hours, including afterschool, expanded learning, summer learning, community service and community engagement, and apprenticeships.

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    College and Career Readiness

    This Program Area addresses issues of reforming middle and high schools and new strategies to ensure that high school students graduate and are prepared for postsecondary education and careers.

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    Community Colleges

    This section discusses the role and importance of community colleges in providing opportunity and access to postsecondary education to all students.

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    Postsecondary Education and Workforce Success

    This Program Area focuses on policies, programs, strategies, and research relating to better preparing youth for postsecondary education completion and career success.

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    Dual Enrollment

    This section provides information on a range of programs that connect secondary and postsecondary education to accelerate learning, such as early and middle college high schools, concurrent enrollment, dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, among others.

What's New

  • 24 May 2018

    Greenville Out-of-School Time Leadership Forum

    Partner Website United Way of Greenville County Overview The United Way of Greenville County and the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) hosted an Out-of-School Time (OST) Leadership Forum in Greenville, South Carolina on Thursday, May 24, 2018. This event provided

  • 23 April 2018

    Creating a System of High-Quality Education Options to Serve At-Risk Students

    Overview The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) organized a professional development opportunity for education leaders to explore how best to leverage opportunities in policy and practice to create a system of high-quality alternative settings to serve all students, including at-risk

  • 12 April 2018

    Effective Juvenile Justice Reforms in the Era of ESSA

    This webinar is part three of a three-part series. Click here to view part one, and click here to view part two. Partner websites Southern Poverty Law Center Juvenile Law Center Education Law Center American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law Overview This

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