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- Youth Leadership and Voice
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 Atlanta, Georgia
-OverviewA series of field trips, sponsored by The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), provided state and district leaders, state legislators, educators, and ot…
High School Redesign in Indiana: Supporting Students At Risk of Dropping Out and Increasing Course Rigor
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) facilitated a series of field trips around the country …
High School Redesign in Raleigh, North Carolina: A Field Trip for State Policy Leaders
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) facilitated a series of 10 field trips around the country to provide state policymakers with an intensive profes…
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 Boston, Massachusetts
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), working with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), facilitated a series of field trips around t…
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…
Baldrige in Education: How Quality Managment is Transforming School Systems and Improving Student Performace
OverviewMalcolm Baldrige, the late Secretary of Commerce under President Reagan, "started a competition for companies that involved management and workers alik…
Smaller Schools and Learning Communties: The Wave of the Future?
OverviewNearly one year to the day after the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, policymakers, researchers, and educators gathered on Capitol Hill …
Linking K-12 Standards with College Admissions: Oregon’s Proficiency-based Admissions Standards System (PASS)
OverviewAlthough many states have adopted high academic standards and assessment measures for their K-12 school systems, few have taken what seems the logical …
Intermediary Organizations: How Does Federal Policy Affect Their Success in Developing Quality Local Education and Workforce Development Systems?
OverviewA group of policymakers from Capitol Hill, the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, and the National School to Work Office met with representatives…
Raising the Bar: The Promise of Standards-Based Education Reform
OverviewThe standards-based movement has had some time to develop in state and federal education policy and has come under fire from various critics along the …
Do Career Academies Work? New Findings Show Encouraging Outcomes
OverviewWith the new thrust in school reform accountability, policymakers and philanthropic foundation officers are increasingly interested in rigorous evaluat…
The Impact of High Stakes Testing Policies on Minority and Disadvantaged Students
OverviewPolicymakers gathered on Capitol Hill to hear policy and legal implications of research on the impact of high stakes testing on minority and disadvanta…