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
Offering High School Credit Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
Overview This forum highlighted the New Hampshire Extended Learning Opportunities (NH ELO) Initiative that seeks to offer credit to high school students f…
Building a Portfolio of Options to Ensure All Students Graduate
Overview This forum highlighted the work of the Association for High School Innovation (AHSI), a collaboration of education providers and advocates that w…
Envisioning a Different School Day: How Boston and New York Are Using Expanded Learning Time
Overview As we seek to prepare students for college and career success in the 21st Century, there has been a great deal of discussion around modernizing t…
State Strategies to Ensure All Students Graduate
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization that bridges youth policy, practice and resear…
Leveraging Resources to Create Alternative Pathways to Education and Employment Training for Disconnected Youth
OverviewAs a nation, we continue to face a dropout problem of epic portions. In 2007, 16% of all young people aged 16-24 were high school dropouts (approximate…
The Role of Expanded Learning Opportunities in Preparing Youth for College and Career Success
-OverviewAYPF hosted a field trip to Boston from October 12-14 for a group of federal policymakers to examine, “The Role of Expanded Learning Opportunities in P…
What States are Doing to Address America’s Dropout Challenge: How Federal Policy Can Help
Overview Jobs for the Future shared findings from two soon-to-be-completed comprehensive scans examining policy on alternative education and dropout preve…
The Role of Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) at Children’s Aid Society Community Schools Measurable Results from a 3-year Longitudinal Study
OVERVIEW:The American Youth Policy Forum announces a forum series, sponsored by the W.T. Grant Foundation, on Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth. …
Re-engaging Disconnected Youth Successful Polices and Interventions
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), working with the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute), plann…
MOTT Out-of-School Time Compendium Meeting
Discussion Group — Monday, December 08, 2008 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m.The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development orga…
Sustaining Systemic Approaches to Reengaging Disconnected Youth Portland, OR
-The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), working with the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute), planned a ser…
Building a Better Bridge: Helping Young Adults Enter and Succeed in College
College access and retention for youth who have dropped out of school have proven to be a daunting challenge. Yet, this issue must be addressed for the large n…
Baltimore, MD: Sustaining Investment in Disconnected Youth
-The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), working with the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute), planned a ser…
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…
Building Afterschool Capacity at the National Level: The Community Schools Model: Building Capacity for Out-of-School Time Programs
OverviewAfterschool/Out-of-School Time (OST) programs provide extended learning opportunities to help youth succeed academically and develop important social, …
How New York City is Meeting the Varied Needs of Out-of-School Youth through Multiple Pathways to Graduation
-Cross-System Collaboration to Serve Disconnected Youth with Suzanne Lynn, Deputy Commissioner for Community Development, Department of Youth and Community Deve…
Portland, Oregon: Proving Multiple Options to Meet the Needs of Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) facilitated two trips to help national policy leaders learn more about re-engaging disconnected youth and expand…
High School Redesign in New York, New York: A Field Trip for State Policy Leaders
-In 2002, the New York City school system launched a large-scale high school reform strategy aimed at raising dismal graduation rates and increasing the number …
Philadelphia: Serving Older Youth Through a Comprehensive Out-of-School Time System
-In 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 unique,…
High School Redesign in San Diego, California
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), working with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), facilitated a series of field trips around t…