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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)
Promoting Pathways to Long-Term Success for Systems-Involved Youth
This webinar explored critical elements at the intersection of policy and practice for supporting systems-involved youth on a pathway to long-term success.
- 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…
Promoting Deeper Learning through Equity, Diversity, and Personalized Learning (Oakland, CA)
This study tour in Oakland, CA gave participants with the opportunity to see how schools are promoting equity, diversity, & personalized learning to ensure all…
- 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 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.
ESSA and Supporting College and Career Readiness and Success for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
This webinar explored ESSA’s new requirements pertaining to students experiencing homelessness.
- 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.
The New Postsecondary Reality: Structured and Supportive Pathways to Credential Attainment
This convening highlighted examples from across the country of innovative and effective ways to support students from K-12 through postsecondary credential att…
ESSA and Research Evidence: Opportunities and Challenges for States
This webinar highlighted teams from three states on their progress in establishing systemic use of research evidence under ESSA.
- 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.
Role of Data to Support College and Career Readiness and Success for Students in Foster Care
This webinar explored strategies for leveraging data to support college and career readiness and success (CCRS) goals for all students, with special emphasis o…
- February 13, 2017
Programs Versus Practices: What’s the “What” in What Works?
Guest blogger Ruth Neild unpacks the issue of using research evidence under ESSA.
- February 7, 2017
Collaborating Within State Agencies to Ensure the Effective Use of Evidence
Guest bloggers Carrie Conaway and Russell Johnston explain how cooperation and data-sharing within their agency revealed four common areas of practice in schoo…