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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, 2015
Planning for Deeper Learning – There’s a Tool for That! (Part 1)
Loretta Goodwin, Senior DirectorWhat can we do to create a culture of respect and collaboration in today’s schools? How do you actively make that happen? We h…
Study Tour (Denver, CO) Exploring Innovative Schools and Policy Supports that Prepare College and Career Ready Students
This study tour highlighted effective teaching and learning practices that incorporate rigorous academics, and deeper learning experiences.
Building Postsecondary Pathways For Opportunity Youth
This forum highlighted the challenges and opportunities that practitioners and advocates in Connecticut and Michigan face as they build postsecondary pathways …
- March 27, 2015
Building Postsecondary Pathways For Opportunity Youth
In this brief, The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) investigated and documented pathways into postsecondary education and the workforce for older, vulnerable…
Strengthening Measures Of College And Career Readiness And Success: State Longitudinal Data Systems, Governance, & Privacy
This webinar webinar discussed the progress of state longitudinal data systems and the governance structures developed to ensure proper use.
- March 23, 2015
Graduation Rates Are Up, But There’s Still Work To Do
Jennifer Brown Lerner, Deputy DirectorAs you may have heard or read recently, more high school students are earning diplomas. The graduation rate hit 81 perce…
Replicating Success: Cuny’s Accelerated Study In Associate Programs (ASAP)
This webinar highlighted the City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study In Associate Programs (ASAP).
Study Tour (Hartford, CT) Cross-System Collaboration to Create Postsecondary Opportunities for All Students
This study tour for Congressional and Administration staff highlighted promising elements of pathways to postsecondary opportunities for all students.
Pathways To Success For Michigan’s Opportunity Youth
This webinar highlighted how Michigan is building pathways to success for opportunity youth.
Strengthening Measures of College and Career Readiness and Success: Alignment Policies and Strategies
This webinar examined the alignment between secondary and postsecondary education and the range of multiple measures that states are beginning to use more accu…
- March 2, 2015
Enlisting Afterschool and Summer Learning for College and Career Readiness
Betsy Brand, Executive DirectorIn January, I was able to attend the annual meeting of the Statewide Afterschool Networks in Dallas. For those of you who are u…
- February 23, 2015
Rethinking Career and Technical Education
George Knowles, Communications AssociateThe perception of Career and Technical Education (CTE) is undergoing a renaissance. While the overall average amount o…
- February 2, 2015
Got Jobs? Some Positive News on Helping Young Adults Get Good Jobs – Part III @LIKE Young Adult Voices
As described in the second blog post in this series, @LIKE is designed to test several key innovations to improve postsecondary and workforce access and succes…
- January 26, 2015
Got Jobs? Some Positive News on Helping Young Adults Get Good Jobs – Part II
Building on the previous blog post that highlighted the challenges young adults face in finding good jobs, Lori Strumpf, @LIKE Project Director, describes the …
- January 20, 2015
Got Jobs? Some Positive News on Helping Young Adults Get Good Jobs – Part I
Betsy Brand, Executive DirectorFinding a full-time job that pays a family wage has been tough for many young adults. The stories of college graduates returnin…
- January 12, 2015
The Conundrums of Competency-Based Education: Takeaways from Our Study Tour to New Hampshire
Jennifer Brown Lerner, Deputy DirectorAs debate continues about what is competency-based education (CBE), one way that AYPF contributes to the conversation is…
- December 22, 2014
The Forgotten Half: Pathways to Success for America’s Youth and Young Families (1988)
This 1988 landmark report, co-authored by AYPF founder Samuel Halperin, examined the significant obstacles facing young people in the United States in terms of…
Study Tour (Boston, MA/Providence, RI) Deeper Learning: Implications for Practice and Policy
This study tour highlighted schools that are promoting a focus on deeper learning through personalized learning experiences that prepare students for college a…
Study Tour (New Hampshire) Transition to a Competency-Based District
This study tour highlighted some of the key factors that states must consider in order to transition to a competency-based school district.
- November 24, 2014
Research Spotlight: Improving Success for First-Generation College Students
Jennifer Brown Lerner, Deputy DirectorAs the number of first-generation college goers is growing, we have made progress in creating more pathways into postsec…