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- Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)
- Carl D. Perkins Act
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- State-Level Policies
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- June 27, 2017
How We Can Move From Seeing To Experiencing Deeper Learning
Jenna Tomasello offers insight into how we can move from seeing to experiencing deeper learning.
- June 20, 2017
Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Community Walks Foster Equity and Deeper Learning
Betsy Brand shares the innovative practice of community walks to promote equity and understanding.
- June 13, 2017
Courageous State Leadership for Educational Equity – Daunting, but Necessary
Dr. Loretta Goodwin shares why courageous state leadership for educational equity is daunting, but Necessary.
- June 6, 2017
Building a More Robust Body of Research about Outcomes of a New Generation of Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Education
Guest blogger Sarah Ryan discusses the conditions under which researcher-practitioner collaboration yields the kinds of positive and sustained changes necessar…
- May 24, 2017
Supports are Essential for Success
Jenna Tomasello discusses how essential supports are for young people especially those who are involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.
- May 16, 2017
The More You Know…
Jennifer Brown Lerner shares the power of data to help shed light on the foster, juvenile justice, and crossover youth populations.
- May 9, 2017
What Makes Quality Education Programs? Insights from AYPF’s State Scan of Secured Facilities
Amber Verhoorn asks “What Makes Quality Education Programs in Secure Juvenile Facilities?” as she shares insights from her current project.
- May 2, 2017
That’s What Friends Are For (To help shed light on critical policy issues in alternative education)
Sharing how others have shaped her thinking related to alternative education and accountability, Jennifer Brown Lerner highlights lesser-considered policy issu…
- April 26, 2017
AYPF and IEL Team Up for the 2017 Samuel Halperin Lecture and Youth Public Service Award
AYPF teamed up with the IEL to host the annual Samuel Halperin Lecture and Youth Public Service Award.
- April 25, 2017
Real World Learning in Alternative Schools: Ideas on Measures from AYPF’s Study Tour to Colorado
Jessica Kannam discusses the role of workforce training integrated into the curriculum that prepares students for success after high school.
- April 18, 2017
Next Gen Workforce Now: Toward A Nation of Computer-Fluent Youth
Guest blogger Joyce Malyn-Smith shared steps to ensure we will have our Next Gen workforce ready to tackle the workforce needs of the future.
- April 17, 2017
Questions We Should Be Asking about Alternative Education
Carinne Deeds poses questions we should be asking about alternative education.
- April 11, 2017
New Promise in a Historic Rural High School Through Project-Based Learning
Alan Richard describes how Scott’s Branch High School in rural South Carolina has addressed racial segregation, poverty, and poor student outcomes.
- April 3, 2017
Partnerships Promoting School Transformation in South Carolina
Dr. Loretta Goodwin profiles how a school design partner has worked alongside higher education and business partners to help transform two struggling, high-pov…
- March 28, 2017
When Seeing is Believing: How Deeper Learning Transforms Schools
Jenna Tomasello explains how integrated classrooms, a strong school culture, and a focus on "soft skills" transformed the schools visited on AYPF’s recent stud…
- March 22, 2017
Meeting Children’s Unmet Needs through Strategic Partnerships
Guest blogger Jessica Auerbach shares insights on the potential for strategic partnerships to improve outcomes for young children and their families.
- March 13, 2017
When Young People Had a Vote in Decisions about Their Own Programs
Sepcial guest blogger Tony Sarmiento discusses the importance of giving youth a vote and voice equal to adults about their own youth programs.
- March 6, 2017
How Evidence-Based Strategies Can Help Struggling Schools
Guest bloggers Laurie Lee and Steve Fleischman share tools for using evidence to support struggling schools under ESSA.
- February 27, 2017
Are We Doing Enough to Build the Evidence and Learning Systems That Will Improve State Practices?
Guest blogger Nate Schwartz questions if we doing enough to build evidence and learning systems that will improve state practices.
- February 22, 2017
Intermediaries as Brokers of Knowledge in Education
Carinne Deeds breaks down how intermediaries, and others, can act as brokers of knowledge in education.
