Check out the latest from our staff in our Forum For Thought
Preventing Youth Suicide: Another Pandemic Imperative
November 2, 2021Stephanie, AYPF's executive director, examines youth suicide during the pandemic and how to prevent it.
Teaching for Change
October 28, 2021Keesha introduces Teaching for Change, with an introduction from Stephanie, AYPF's executive director.
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- College and Career Readiness in OST
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- English Language Learners
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- COVID-19 Response
- Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Learning
- Equity
- Career Pathways
- Intermediaries
- Data Management
- First-Generation College Students
- Deeper Learning
- Carl D. Perkins Act
- OST System Building
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- Educator Preparation and Professional Development
- Reengagement
- Justice-Involved Youth
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- School and Community Partnerships
- Postsecondary Education
- Research Evidence in Policymaking
- Personalized Learning
- Wraparound Supports
- Opportunity Youth
- Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Skill Development
- Learning and Teaching Strategies
- Service Learning
- Rural Populations
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- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Social and Emotional Learning
- System Strategies and Approaches
- Youth Experiencing Homelessness
- Social and Emotional Learning
- State-Level Policies
- STEM
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- Youth Populations
- Youth in Foster Care
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- Youth Leadership and Voice
- Youth with (Dis)abilities
- Policies & Legislation
Is Free Always a Good Thing? 6 Questions about Free Community College and Its Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Students
February 9, 2016Zachary Malter, Policy Research AssistantAt 3:15pm on a warm October afternoon, as I was recovering from a long day of teaching high school English, one of my…
Betsy Brand: Highly Valued Skills for Good Jobs and Implications for Education
February 3, 2016Betsy Brand, Executive DirectorWhat are the skills needed for high value, high wage, high growth jobs? A great report by the Center on Education and the Workf…
Educational Equity: A Long Way to Go
January 27, 2016Jenna Tomasello, Program AssociateOur nation is the most diverse it has ever been. According to population projections released by the Census Bureau, the Unit…
From “Absent” to “Present”: Disciplinary Practices that Keep Students in School
January 20, 2016Zachary Malter, Policy Research AssistantWhen I started teaching at a Title I high school in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, I was excited to make an impact…
Three Education Trends to Watch in 2016
January 12, 2016George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateThe reauthorization of the ESEA won't be the only hot issue for education policy in 2016. The following are AY…
Equity, Afterschool, and Competency-Based Learning
January 4, 2016Jenna Tomasello, Program AssociateAs students learn and develop valuable skills and competencies for college, careers, and beyond both in and out of school, i…
Advising Strategies for Supporting First-Generation College Students: Can Technology Replace Counselors and Peers? (Part 3)
December 21, 2015Jennifer Brown Lerner, Deputy DirectorAccording to research by Pew, 84% of all Americans use the internet and 97% of those ages 18-29 are online regularly. Th…
Advising Strategies for Supporting First-Generation College Students: How Can Peers Help? (Part 2)
December 16, 2015Carinne Deeds, Program AssociateAs the first in my family to go to college, I entered the application process with an endless amount of questions. Where shoul…
Advising Strategies for Supporting First-Generation College Students: The Role of Traditional Counseling (Part 1)
December 14, 2015Jenna Tomasello, Program Associate“You’re just not college material.” That was what a high school counselor told my mother after she expressed interest in goi…
Emily Morgan: Keeping Young Adults Connected and Supported
December 7, 2015A growing body of research on brain development has shown that the boundary between adolescence and adulthood is not a fixed point, but can extend well into an…
Revisiting Youth Apprenticeships
November 30, 2015George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateFor youth who are struggling to find employment, the job market can seem like a bleak place. As of July 2015, …
George Knowles: Families Help Build Lifelong Learners
November 16, 2015George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateOne of the most important lessons my father ever taught me was that learning wasn’t just a means to an end, it…
Loretta Goodwin: Equity and Deeper Learning – Some Musings to Mull Over
November 10, 2015Loretta Goodwin, Senior DirectorAs I conduct study tours to schools focused on Deeper Learning, it is heartening to see explicit attention paid to honing a se…
Betsy Brand: Making Afterschool Available for All
November 2, 2015Betsy Brand, Executive DirectorAs a sign of the importance of afterschool, over one million Americans recently rallied to advocate for afterschool programs th…
Creating Opportunities for Opportunity Youth
October 26, 2015Carinne Deeds, Program AssociateLast week in Milwaukee, I had the opportunity to hear Mayor Tom Barrett discuss the importance of an afterschool system as par…
How Competency-based Learning and Afterschool Can Work Together
October 20, 2015Words matter. This idea is not new, but it is especially critical when we talk about defining what we mean by college- and career-readiness. Creating a common …
Infographic: Afterschool Helps Close the Opportunity Gap
October 13, 2015Jen Rinehart, Afterschool AllianceNote: This post originally appeared in Afterschool Alliance's blog, Afterschool Snack.A recent article in Washington Monthly…
Trust, Communication, and Context: Conditions that Help Intermediaries Bridge Research and Policy
October 5, 2015This post was originally published on the William T. Grant Foundation blog. Betsy Brand, Executive DirectorWe are surrounded by research. As executive director…
A Fresh Look at Data Tells Us Good Jobs are Returning
September 28, 2015George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateEver since the 2008 Great Recession, the conventional wisdom has been that for recent college graduates, findi…
When Right Decisions Are Tough Decisions: A Case for More School Choice
September 21, 2015Jenna Tomasello, Program AssociateI’m not a parent, but I plan to be one day, and when that day comes, I will want nothing more than for my child to receive t…
