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
From Discipline to Dialogue: Engaging Student Voice
This webinar highlighted key themes from AYPF's recently published blog series: From Discipline to Dialogue: Changing the Conversation about Classroom Discipli…
Study Tour (Oakland, CA) Engaging School and Community in Meeting the Needs of the Common Core State Standards
This study tour highlighted Oakland’s approach to coordinating various student and family supports through the creation of a district-wide community schools in…
Study Tour (Boston, MA/Providence, RI) Deeper Learning: Implications for Practice and Policy
This study tour highlighted schools that are promoting a focus on deeper learning through personalized learning experiences that prepare students for college a…
Study Tour (New Hampshire) Transition to a Competency-Based District
This study tour highlighted some of the key factors that states must consider in order to transition to a competency-based school district.
Study Tour (Denver, CO) Using Student Surveys for Teacher Professional Development
This study tour examined the use of student voice in the continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
Expanding a Successful Reform for Increasing Graduation Rates: The Continuing Story of CUNY’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)
This forum highlighted the City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP).
Understanding the Use of Research in Policy and Practice: The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Educational Improvement
This convening examined the role intermediary organizations play in promoting educational improvement through the use of research and evidence-based practices.
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.
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…
Focus on Sustainability: Connecting System-Building Work to State & National Initiatives
This webinar highlighted some of the efforts to connect the work of local systems builders with state and national experts and resources.
Promoting Partnerships Between K-12 and Expanded Learning through Competency-based Approaches
This webinar highlighted why expanded learning should be seen as an important contributor to a student-centered and competency-based learning environment.
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…
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.
Reaching Postsecondary Success: Pathways for Youth in Transition from Foster Care
This webinar highlighted the unique challenges that youth in transition from foster care face on the path to postsecondary success.
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.
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.
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…
Early College, Early Success: Program Overview, Research Findings, and Implications for Practice
This webinar highlighted recent research findings from a rigorous study of Early College High Schools.
Understanding the Use of Research in Policy and Practice: The Definition and Acquisition of Research
This convening focused on research application in educational policy and practice.
Beyond the GED: Preparing for College and a Career in the 21st Century
This forum explored the history of the GED, and highlighted best practices at LaGuardia Community College’s GED Bridge Program.