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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)
Using Data to Improve Quality in City-wide Afterschool Systems: Lessons from Boston
This forum focused on efforts underway across the country to use data to improve the quality of city-wide afterschool systems and highlighted the work being do…
Using Data and Inquiry to Build Equity-Focused College-Going Cultures
This webinar focused on how to use data and inquiry to promote an equity-based college-going culture through the use of the Equity Scorecard.
Using Data to Improve Quality in City-wide Afterschool Systems: Lessons from Providence
This forum highlighted findings from the latest Public/Private Ventures evaluation of AfterZone, as well as focused on key levers that improve program quality …
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.
Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It
This forum highlighted findings from new book by Russell Rumberger, Vice Provost for Education Partnerships, University of California, Santa Barbara, that offe…
Career Pathways to Employment: Aligning Career and Technical Education to Labor Market Projections
This forum highlighted a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce entitled: Career Clusters: Forecasting High School thr…
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…
Reducing High School Dropouts: Strategies to Help More Students be College and Career Ready
// OverviewTo succeed in today’s economy, young people must complete high school, yet a quarter of the nation’s youth do not earn a high school diploma. Our n…
How Rural High Schools are Preparing Students for College and Careers through Dual Enrollment and Career and Technical Education
OverviewThis webinar described how rural schools are preparing students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in college and in jobs by crea…
The Challenges and Successes of School Turnaround: Looking Back and Charting the Course Forward
// OverviewTurning around low-performing schools has been a persistent challenge over the past few decades. This issue has taken on new urgency in recent years…
Successful School-Community Partnerships: Using Lessons Learned from Practice and Research to Expand Learning
OverviewAs policymakers and practitioners consider ways to provide high-quality learning opportunities to all students through expanded day and afterschool pro…
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The Impact of Expanded Learning Time: The After-School Corporation Model in New York City
OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), in partnership with the Coalition for Building After School Systems (CBASS), led a study tour for Congressional…
Understanding Extended Year Graduation Rates: Lessons Learned by States
OverviewThis webinar focused on how states can effectively calculate and use extended-year graduation rates (5- and 6-year rates) to improve …
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…
History and Overview of the ESEA
Overview This briefing was the first in a series of briefings designed to provide information to Congressional staff who work on education issues. This br…
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Making Every Diploma Count: Using Extended-Year Graduation Rates to Measure Student Success
OverviewTo succeed in today’s economy, young people must complete high school prepared for success in postsecondary education and careers, but recent data show…
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Improving College and Career Readiness and Success through P-20 Collaboration
Overview Slides from the follow-up webinar to this trip can be found here»This field trip, a collaboration between AYPF and the Data Quality Campaign, was…
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The Role of Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) in Preparing Youth for College and Career Success
Overview Participants heard from a diverse set of influential policymakers at both the state and local levels and participate in three site visits as part…
Using Data to Align Resources to Create a Comprehensive Learning System
OverviewThis webinar focused on how outcome management systems support city and district efforts to build a system of comprehensive services to ensure all stud…
Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century
OverviewDespite decades of efforts to reform education and billions of dollars of expenditures, America is still failing to prepare millions of its young peopl…