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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)
Baldrige in Education: How Quality Managment is Transforming School Systems and Improving Student Performace
OverviewMalcolm Baldrige, the late Secretary of Commerce under President Reagan, "started a competition for companies that involved management and workers alik…
Smaller Schools and Learning Communties: The Wave of the Future?
OverviewNearly one year to the day after the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, policymakers, researchers, and educators gathered on Capitol Hill …
Linking K-12 Standards with College Admissions: Oregon’s Proficiency-based Admissions Standards System (PASS)
OverviewAlthough many states have adopted high academic standards and assessment measures for their K-12 school systems, few have taken what seems the logical …
Youth Engaged in Communities Through School: National Service-Learning Leader Schools
OverviewAccording to the Department of Education, over one-third of the high schools in the United States include some form of service-learning in their curric…
Deepening Partnerships Between School and Community: Stories From Denver and Jacksonville
OverviewCommunity Schools have been developed by communities with a deep concern about improving learning for their children, explained Martin J. Blank, Staff …
Mobilizing Community Support for Improved Student Achievement
OverviewWithout the support of the community, public educational institutions do not receive the funding that they need to remain vibrant learning centers for …
Raising the Bar: The Promise of Standards-Based Education Reform
OverviewThe standards-based movement has had some time to develop in state and federal education policy and has come under fire from various critics along the …
Financing Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives
OverviewIn order to inform youth practitioners and policymakers about the various sources of funding for after-school activities, AYPF coordinated a panel disc…
Increasing Student Achievement Through the Arts
OverviewWith a growing emphasis on standardized testing as an assessment of academic achievement and advancement in high schools, teachers have been pressured …
The Impact of High Stakes Testing Policies on Minority and Disadvantaged Students
OverviewPolicymakers gathered on Capitol Hill to hear policy and legal implications of research on the impact of high stakes testing on minority and disadvanta…
