Check out our past events for on-demand webinars and summary resources of AYPF forums, discussion groups, and study tours.
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- Accountability
- COVID-19 Response
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- English Language Learners
- Assessment
- Research-practice partnerships
- Alternative Education
- College and Career Readiness in OST
- Carl D. Perkins Act
- Equity
- Deeper Learning
- First-Generation College Students
- Data Management
- Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Learning
- Intermediaries
- Career Pathways
- Justice-Involved Youth
- Educator Preparation and Professional Development
- OST System Building
- College and Career Readiness and Success
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Reengagement
- Deeper Learning
- Research Evidence in Policymaking
- Opportunity Youth
- Wraparound Supports
- Postsecondary Education
- Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Personalized Learning
- School and Community Partnerships
- Service Learning
- Skill Development
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Learning and Teaching Strategies
- Rural Populations
- Skill Development
- Social and Emotional Learning
- State-Level Policies
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Youth Experiencing Homelessness
- System Strategies and Approaches
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- Youth Populations
- Youth in Foster Care
- STEM
- Work-Based Learning
- Policies & Legislation
- Youth with (Dis)abilities
- Youth Leadership and Voice
Youth as Experts in Federal Policymaking
The speakers will share from their experiences and expertise, exploring specific, practical approaches to sustained engagement with young people at the federal…
Credible Messengers as a Youth Policy Solution
Recording of the Event: https://youtu.be/GZg9NZZQW74 On October 26, 2022, AYPF hosted a virtual Capitol Hill Forum focused on credible messengers as a yo…
College Promise: Supporting Students in College Access and Success
This forum discussed the impact of College Promise programs & MDRC’s College Promise Success Initiative.
Evidence-Based Policy: Moving Beyond Data Dissemination to Increased Evidence Use
This forum provided new insight into the use of research evidence.
Competency-Based Education: Promising Policies and Practices for the Future of K-12 Education
This forum highlighted the growth of CBE in state policy, the benefits of CBE, and promising practices.
Learning for Careers: The Pathways to Prosperity Network
This forum highlighted how key actors in Delaware, a Pathways to Prosperity state, worked together to develop and implement a coherent strategic career pathway…
Remake Learning: A Networked Approach to Education for the 21st Century
This forum highlighted the innovative ways that Remake Learning is using art, technology and science to help students prosper.
Employer-Driven Innovations in CTE: Promise, Practice, & Opportunities for Policy
This forum presented leading research on CTE and analysis of the evolving workforce needs which have influenced the development of innovative CTE strategies.
Advancing Pathways to Education and Workforce Opportunities for Systems-Involved Youth
This forum explored critical elements at the intersection of policy and practice for supporting systems-involved youth on a pathway to long-term success.
Aligning Systems and Policies to Support Multiple Postsecondary Pathways
This forum explored evidence-based strategies for aligning systems and policies around student and workforce needs.
Considerations for ESSA’s Non-Academic Indicator: Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy
This forum explored potential non-academic indicators that might be ready and appropriate for inclusion in state accountability systems under ESSA.
Scaling Effective Practices for Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care
This forum focused on research findings and the role of policy in ensuring youth in the foster care system can navigate their own pathway to long-term success.
Making Learning More Meaningful In A Reimagined Accountability System
This forum highlighted schools that are supporting meaningful learning by putting in place higher quality assessments.
Why Re-imagine Accountability?
This forum highlighted approaches to thinking more broadly about accountability.
How Research Evidence Informs Foster Youth Medication Policies
This forum focused on how research evidence informs foster youth medication policies and the ways in which research evidence is used across states and communit…
Examining Strategies to Improve the Use of Research Evidence in Child Welfare
This forum explored how state and local leaders grapple with integrating research-based programs and practices into their daily routines.
Increasing Investment In Afterschool: The Role Of Statewide Afterschool Networks
This forum highlighted the work of the Statewide Afterschool Networks in increasing the investment in afterschool, summer, and expanded learning programs.
The New Forgotten Half: Those Who Pursue College But Never Earn a Degree
This forum addressed the challenges facing students and the institutions that serve them, and highlighted strategies to help the new forgotten half get ahead a…
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 …
Opportunities for Youth in Transition from Foster Care: Youth Perspective
This forum highlighted a new AYPF issue brief: Creating Access for Opportunities for Youth in Transition from Foster Care.