Skill Development refers to the mastery of academic and technical content youth need in order to develop a range of non-academic, social and emotional, and employability skills. These skills are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ and are seen as essential in order for youth to be successful in college, career, and beyond.
Resources
Pathways To Success For Michigan’s Opportunity Youth
This webinar highlighted how Michigan is building pathways to success for opportunity youth.
- March 16, 2015
Never Too Late: Investing in Youth Transitioning from Juvenile Justice
Erin Russ, Program AssociateYoung people, especially those in the justice system, should experience opportunities that enhance their strengths rather than con…
Strengthening Measures of College and Career Readiness and Success: Alignment Policies and Strategies
This webinar examined the alignment between secondary and postsecondary education and the range of multiple measures that states are beginning to use more accu…
- March 9, 2015
Never Too Late: Transitioning from Juvenile Justice
Erin Russ, Program AssociateWhen the William T. Grant Foundation and AYPF founder Samuel Halperin published “The Forgotten Half Revisited” in 1998, they appro…