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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)
- August 15, 2016
Youth Courts: Empowering Youth Voices One Case At a Time
Louis Lainé explains the value of Youth Courts as mechanism to empower young people.
- August 8, 2016
ESSA’s “Non-Academic” Indicator: What Are We Talking About?
Jennifer Brown Lerner asks some hard questions about ESSA’s fifth indicator.
- July 25, 2016
Why the Buzz Around ESSA’s Fifth Indicator Worries Me as a Teacher
Andrew Shachat explains why he is worried about social and emotional learning within ESSA’s fifth indicator.
Building Pathways To Postsecondary Success For Vulnerable Populations
This convening highlighted strategies to support pathways to postsecondary success for youth involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.
- July 11, 2016
Cracking the Code: Giving More Students Access to Computer Science
Loretta Goodwin explores ways to provide more students with access to computer science classes.
- July 7, 2016
5 Best Practices for Youth in Foster Care Post-ESSA
Zachary Malter, Policy Research AssistantOn June 23rd, 2016 the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released non-bin…
- June 13, 2016
4 Lessons From an Inspiring School Preparing Students for Long-Term Success
Loretta goodwin, Senior DirectorOn a recent sunny afternoon I was in conversation with a mom regarding the senior experience her son was about to embark on. “…
- June 6, 2016
What Do the ESSA Proposed Regulations Mean for At-Risk Students?
Zachary Malter, Policy Research AssistantThe newly proposed draft regulations for the Every Student Success Act (ESSA), released by the U.S. Department of Edu…
- May 18, 2016
Career Pathway Systems: Lessons from Miami
In order to help federal policymakers and national education leaders better understand how to develop a career pathways system, AYPF staff and a group of natio…
- May 17, 2016
3 Ways CBE Supports At-Risk Youth
High school graduation rates in this country are at an all-time high. However, too many youth, approximately 2.6 million between 16 and 24 years of age, remain…
Study Tour (Washington, D.C.) Helping School and State Leaders Understand Deeper Learning
This study tour highlighted two schools that are providing students with deeper learning and career preparation.
- May 10, 2016
Can Employer Investment Narrow the “Soft Skills” Gap?
Carinne Deeds, Policy AssociateWith employers growing more and more concerned about the widening skills gap, and considering the increased focus on the soft s…
- May 6, 2016
State Policies to Support Competency-Based Education for Overage, Under-Credited Students
Approximately 2.6 million youth between 16 and 24 years of age are off-track for graduating from high school. For many of these students, they may not be prope…
- May 2, 2016
Creating the “Win-Win” for Schools and Employers: Lessons from Los Angeles
Jenna Tomasello, Policy AssociatePart of what it takes to ensure students are college and career ready is to provide students with hands-on, workplace learnin…
- April 27, 2016
Top 5 Lessons from Miami: Career Pathways in Action
By Carinne Deeds and Zachary MalterOn May 31st and April 1st, 2016, AYPF staff and a group of congressional staff and national education leaders visited Miami …
Moving the Needle for First-Generation College Students: Technology to Complement Advising for College Access and Success
This webinar explored the ways in which technology can be leveraged to complement in-person college advising for first-generation, low-income students.
Study Tour (Los Angeles, CA) Integrating Career Readiness into K-12 Schooling for Postsecondary Success
This study tour highlighted how schools are integrating more robust academic content, higher-order skills, and academic mindsets practices with career educatio…
- April 11, 2016
It’s Time to Suspend Out of School Suspensions
Christopher Lemos, Research/Policy InternSomething alarming has been happening in a number of Kentucky public schools over the past school year. Elementary su…
- 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 …
Study Tour (Miami, FL) How Career Pathways Lead to Student Success
This study tour focused on how a large, urban school district developed career pathways that create opportunities for all students to be successful in high sch…