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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 25, 2014
Why I Do This Work: Reflections from a Native Educator
Samantha Wauls, Policy InternHome of the Kul Wicasa Oyate (Low Man), the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has apporoximately 1,300 members. The reserva…
- August 18, 2014
Promoting coordination in the Nonprofit Sector: Additional Benefits of AYPF’s Better Together Directory
Andy Keefe, policy internAs an intern at AYPF this past summer, I had the privilege of contributing to a project that AYPF is planning to publish later this m…
District and State Considerations for Incorporating Expanded Learning into Competency-Based Systems
This webinar highlighted the role districts and states can play in facilitating the move toward a competency-based system.
- July 16, 2014
Better Together Information Hub
The American Youth Policy Forum has hosted a number of events following the Better Together Conference in Baltimore, MD. This site offers access to previous we…
Predictors of Postsecondary Success: Understanding the Value of Workforce Data in Driving Student Success
This webinar highlighted the opportunities and trends related to workforce data as well as the challenges and opportunities of building connections to educatio…
Making the most of time: Strategies for Promoting Expanded Learning For All Students
This convening examined the role that expanded learning, either during an expanded school day or out-of-school, can play in supporting positive outcomes for st…
Predictors of Postsecondary Success: Tools focused on Postsecondary Enrollment and Completion
This webinar explored the development and use of the National College Access Network’s Common Measures.
Focus on Outcomes: Developing a Comprehensive Measurement Framework in Afterschool
This webinar highlighted tools that can help communities measure soft skills, and provided examples of systems that have undertaken this shift.
Using Student Surveys: Implications for State and District Policy
This webinar focused on the use of student surveys at the district and state levels.
Focus on Data-Sharing: Building Formal Connections to Local Systems to Boost Afterschool Impact
This webinar highlighted avenues for expanding collaborations between afterschool programs and a wide range community partners.
Ensuring the Equitable Distribution of Effective Teachers
This convening highlighted policies and practices that are addressing the equitable distribution of effective teachers, to ensure that students in schools with…
Re-Engaging Dropouts: Local Innovations & New Opportunities for Federal Policy
This forum examined the connection between state and federal policies that support systematic efforts to re-engage dropouts in education.
Using Student Surveys: Implications for Leadership and School Improvement Initiatives
This webinar focused on how student surveys are implemented and how the data from student surveys can be utilized to improve professional development.
Using Student Surveys: Implications for State and District Policy
This forum focused on the use of student surveys at the district and state levels to inform continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
Using Student Surveys: Research Findings and Implications for Teaching and Learning
This webinar focused on what has been learned through recent research on the use of classroom- level student surveys.
Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Policies
This webinar highlighted the role of intermediaries in promoting research to policymakers in education.
Implementing the Common Core State Standards – Examining Teacher and School Leader Professional Development and Raising Public Awareness
This convening highlighted significant implementation issues related to Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Better Together Case Clinic Webinar: Developing and Growing Homegrown Afterschool Champions
This webinar highlighted individual case studies of “Better Together” communities that have been thinking strategically about how to build and strengthen conne…
Dual Enrollment: The Role of Policy in Promoting Quality Pathways to Postsecondary Success
This webinar focused on dual enrollment as part of an overall effort to ensure all students have flexible and appropriate pathways to postsecondary success.
Using Student Surveys: Implications for Leadership and School Improvement Initiatives
This forum highlighted how student surveys are implemented and how the data from student surveys can be utilized to improve professional development.