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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)
The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program on Academic Outcomes
This webinar highlighted Higher Achievement, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that provides youth with a rigorous afterschool and academic summer experience.
The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program on Academic Outcomes
This forum highlighted a new report from Higher Achievement, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that provides youth with a rigorous afterschool and academic summ…
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Aligning K-12 and Higher Education to Support College and Career Readiness and Success
OverviewThis study mission for state policymakers focused on how policies can strengthen the alignment of expectations and resources across the educational pip…
Working Collaboratively Across Systems to Better Serve Youth
OverviewThis meeting provided participants with an opportunity to revisit and delve deeper into the main themes and questions raised by the previous three meet…
Offering High School Credit Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
OverviewThis webinar highlighted the New Hampshire Extended Learning Opportunities (NH ELO) Initiative that seeks to offer credit to high school students for o…
- April 1, 2010
Challenges, Assets, and Innovations: Considerations for Secondary Education in Rural Communities
SynopsisThe overall U.S. high school graduation rate is 73.1% among rural students. Nationwide, nearly half of all operating school districts are in rural area…
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Helping Policymakers Understand High School Redesign: Dropout Prevention And Persistence to Graduation
In 2001, the Kentucky Board of Education adopted a strategic plan based on the long-term goal of all schools and students reaching a high standard of proficien…
Improving the Transition from Middle Grades to High Schools: Promising State Initiatives in Literacy and Mathematics
OverviewBy the time students enter high school, many have already fallen behind in critical subject areas such as English and mathematics. Educators can use e…
- November 1, 2006
Serving Older Youth through a Comprehensive Out-of-School Time System: Lessons from the AYPF Philadelphia Field Trip, May 2006
SynopsisIn May of 2006, the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) led a field trip to Philadelphia, Pa., in an effort to expose Washington, DC policymakers to the…
- July 1, 2006
Federal, State, and Local Roles Supporting Alternative Education
SynopsisThis paper examines the roles that various levels of government play through legislation, policy, and other initiatives that support quality alternativ…
- January 26, 2005
Transforming the American High School: Lessons Learned and Struggles Ahead
SynopsisOur work for the Carnegie Corporation of New York highlighted a number of issues for policymakers to learn more about, including strategies and policie…
- September 26, 2001
Raising Minority Academic Achievement: A Compendium of Education Programs and Practices
The purpose of this report is to inform policymaking and funding decisions by providing easy-to-read, accessible, concrete, research-proven evidence of academi…
- January 22, 2001
Higher Learning = Higher Earnings
SynopsisThis booklet is for students in middle school and high school who need guidance in making decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. The guide…
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…