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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)
- March 30, 2016
Soft Skills: Anything but Soft
Carinne Deeds, AYPF Senior Policy AssociateI recently stumbled upon Andy Calkins’ 2015 blog post on the outdated terms “non-cognitive” and “soft skills.” The …
- March 22, 2016
Never Too Early for Career Counseling
George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateWhen I was in high school, it was very clear that being accepted to a high-quality, four-year college wa…
- March 15, 2016
The Big Secret of Culturally Relevant Teaching
Zachary Malter, Policy Research AssociateWhat can after-school programs teach people about more traditional educational settings? Recently AYPF examined how c…
- March 7, 2016
ESSA and Diversity: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
Jenna Tomasello, Policy AssociateThis post is part four in our Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) blog series. When President Obama signed the Every Student Su…
- March 1, 2016
ESSA Strengthens Dual Enrollment, but Who Wins?
Zachary Malter, Policy Research Assistanthis post is part three in our Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) blog series.How will the growth in dual and concurren…
- February 25, 2016
ESSA and Expanded Opportunities for Competency-based Learning
George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateThis post is part two in our Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) blog series.Under the Every Student Succeeds Ac…
- February 16, 2016
Beyond the Bubble: How ESSA Allows for Exciting Ways to Show What You Know!
Loretta Goodwin, Senior DirectorThis post is part one in our Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) blog series.Students need higher-order thinking skills, yet mos…
- February 9, 2016
Is Free Always a Good Thing? 6 Questions about Free Community College and Its Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Students
Zachary 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…
- February 3, 2016
Betsy Brand: Highly Valued Skills for Good Jobs and Implications for Education
Betsy 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…
- January 27, 2016
Educational Equity: A Long Way to Go
Jenna Tomasello, Program AssociateOur nation is the most diverse it has ever been. According to population projections released by the Census Bureau, the Unit…
- January 20, 2016
From “Absent” to “Present”: Disciplinary Practices that Keep Students in School
Zachary 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…
- January 12, 2016
Three Education Trends to Watch in 2016
George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateThe reauthorization of the ESEA won't be the only hot issue for education policy in 2016. The following are AY…
- January 4, 2016
Equity, Afterschool, and Competency-Based Learning
Jenna Tomasello, Program AssociateAs students learn and develop valuable skills and competencies for college, careers, and beyond both in and out of school, i…
- December 21, 2015
Advising Strategies for Supporting First-Generation College Students: Can Technology Replace Counselors and Peers? (Part 3)
Jennifer 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…
- December 16, 2015
Advising Strategies for Supporting First-Generation College Students: How Can Peers Help? (Part 2)
Carinne 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…
- December 14, 2015
Advising Strategies for Supporting First-Generation College Students: The Role of Traditional Counseling (Part 1)
Jenna 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…
- December 7, 2015
Emily Morgan: Keeping Young Adults Connected and Supported
A 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…
- November 30, 2015
Revisiting Youth Apprenticeships
George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateFor youth who are struggling to find employment, the job market can seem like a bleak place. As of July 2015, …
- November 16, 2015
George Knowles: Families Help Build Lifelong Learners
George 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…
- November 10, 2015
Loretta Goodwin: Equity and Deeper Learning – Some Musings to Mull Over
Loretta 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…