Check out the latest from our staff in our Forum For Thought
Top Ten Ways to Engage Students in Deeper Learning during COVID
October 13, 2020Dr. Loretta Goodwin considers how educators can help students remain engaged, motivated, & learning during COVID-19.
How Strengthening Professional Networks Helps Scale Deeper Learning
July 9, 2019Drawing from an AYPF webinar, Ben Pults discusses how professionals in the deeper learning space share knowledge to improve the field.
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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
Narrowing the Skills Gap in 140 Characters
October 10, 2017Carinne Deeds shares her thoughts on why simpler is better in the age of information.
Shining a Spotlight on Systems-Involved Youth
September 26, 2017Jenna Tomasello highlights recent AYPF events and resources on supporting pathways to education and the workforce for systems-involved youth.
Listen Deeply to Learn Deeply
September 19, 2017Dr. Loretta Goodwin shares reflections and lessons on the importance of listening after attending a recent Hewlett Foundation meeting.
Utilizing Summer Months to Develop SEL for Low-Income Youth
July 25, 2017Amber Verhoorn explains why summer learning programs are critical to the social, emotional, and academic development of youth.
A Bigger Picture: Innovation in CTE and Career Pathways in Ohio
July 19, 2017Danny Gillis explores how career and technical education (CTE) can strengthen equity.
Making Media to Make Sense of Media
July 6, 2017Guest bloggers Wendy Rivenburgh and Kate Goddard explore the powerful and urgent opportunity to build young people’s media literacy through media making.
How We Can Move From Seeing To Experiencing Deeper Learning
June 27, 2017Jenna Tomasello offers insight into how we can move from seeing to experiencing deeper learning.
Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Community Walks Foster Equity and Deeper Learning
June 20, 2017Betsy Brand shares the innovative practice of community walks to promote equity and understanding.
Building a More Robust Body of Research about Outcomes of a New Generation of Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Education
June 6, 2017Guest blogger Sarah Ryan discusses the conditions under which researcher-practitioner collaboration yields the kinds of positive and sustained changes necessar…
Programs Versus Practices: What’s the “What” in What Works?
February 13, 2017Guest blogger Ruth Neild unpacks the issue of using research evidence under ESSA.
What Happens Behind the Scenes of Deep Student Learning?
October 24, 2016Dr. Loretta Goodwin explains why deep, meaningful student learning often takes place behind the scenes.
5 Challenges Facing the CBE Movement
October 17, 2016Jenna Tomasello highlights five challenges facing the competency-based education (CBE) movement.
Youth Courts: Empowering Youth Voices One Case At a Time
August 15, 2016Louis Lainé explains the value of Youth Courts as mechanism to empower young people.
4 Lessons From an Inspiring School Preparing Students for Long-Term Success
June 13, 2016Loretta goodwin, Senior DirectorOn a recent sunny afternoon I was in conversation with a mom regarding the senior experience her son was about to embark on. “…
3 Ways CBE Supports At-Risk Youth
May 17, 2016High school graduation rates in this country are at an all-time high. However, too many youth, approximately 2.6 million between 16 and 24 years of age, remain…
The Big Secret of Culturally Relevant Teaching
March 15, 2016Zachary Malter, Policy Research AssociateWhat can after-school programs teach people about more traditional educational settings? Recently AYPF examined how c…
ESSA and Expanded Opportunities for Competency-based Learning
February 25, 2016George Knowles, Digital Communications AssociateThis post is part two in our Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) blog series.Under the Every Student Succeeds Ac…
Equity, Afterschool, and Competency-Based Learning
January 4, 2016Jenna Tomasello, Program AssociateAs students learn and develop valuable skills and competencies for college, careers, and beyond both in and out of school, i…
How Competency-based Learning and Afterschool Can Work Together
October 20, 2015Words matter. This idea is not new, but it is especially critical when we talk about defining what we mean by college- and career-readiness. Creating a common …
Never Too Late: Transitioning from Juvenile Justice
March 9, 2015Erin Russ, Program AssociateWhen the William T. Grant Foundation and AYPF founder Samuel Halperin published “The Forgotten Half Revisited” in 1998, they appro…
