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
Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Policies
This webinar highlighted the role of intermediaries in promoting research to policymakers in education.
Ensuring the Equitable Distribution of Effective Teachers
This convening highlighted policies and practices that are addressing the equitable distribution of effective teachers, to ensure that students in schools with…
Using Student Surveys: Implications for Leadership and School Improvement Initiatives
This forum highlighted how student surveys are implemented and how the data from student surveys can be utilized to improve professional development.
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.
Using Student Surveys: Research Findings and Implications for Teaching and Learning
This forum focused on what has been learned through recent research on the use of classroom- level student surveys.
Exploring Maine’s Proficiency-Based Education System
This study tour highlighted the role of school, district, and state in moving an education system towards proficiency-based learning.
Transforming Remediation: Understanding the Research, Policy, and Practice
This webinar focused on the key principles that are needed to transform remedial education as well as highlighted promising institution-level practices.
High School Credit for Expanded Learning Opportunities in Providence, Rhode Island
This webinar highlighted The HUB, a student-centered initiative in Providence, Rhode Island, which provides high school credit to students for the work they do…
Promising Practices and Considerations for Districts in Competency-Based Education
This webinar highlighted two school districts that have pioneered the development of competency-based approaches and examined how policies can support or hinde…
Exploring Implications for State Policy in Competency-Based Education
This webinar highlighted current efforts across the country to built an education systems based on a competency-based education approach as opposed to seat-tim…
The AVID College Readiness System (ACRS): A Discussion of Comprehensive Strategies for Student Success and School Transformation
This forum provided a close look at the AVID College Readiness System and its implication across K-12 and higher education institutions.
Exploring Innovative Schools and Policy Supports that Prepare College and Career Ready Students – San Francisco, CA
-This study tour highlighted schools that incorporate rigorous academics, deeper learning experiences, higher order skills, and innovative and effective practic…
Exploring Innovative Schools and Policy Supports that Prepare College and Career Ready Students – San Diego, CA
-This study tour highlighted schools that incorporate rigorous academics, deeper learning experiences, higher order skills, and innovative and effective practic…
Moving to Mastery: A National Policy Forum on Competency-Based Education
This forum highlighted important research, policy trends, and issues for advancing competency-based education.
Weighing the Evidence: A Conversation with Community College Presidents on Using Research to Support Student Success Outcomes
This forum highlighted a portfolio of new research on several promising strategies to help underprepared students transition to college and ultimately advance …
Building a Comprehensive System to Support All Students Getting to High School Graduation and Beyond
This forum focused on what a responsive system for all youth looks like based upon the current reform efforts in Massachusetts and New York City.
Supporting a Robust Teacher Pipeline: A Discussion of the Key Issues, Efforts, and the Role of Federal Policy
This forum highlighted current efforts to support the development of a strong teacher pipeline to improve student achievement.
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 …
Online Learning: Changing the Face of Education
This forum focused on where progress stands in regards to online learning, as well as addressed the challenges of online learning, including program quality, o…
Aligning K-12 and Higher Education to Support College and Career Readiness and Success
-OverviewThis study mission for state policymakers focused on how policies can strengthen the alignment of expectations and resources across the educational pip…