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- Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)
- Carl D. Perkins Act
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- State-Level Policies
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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A Statewide Focus on Adolescent Literacy: Alabama
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization that bridges youth policy, practice and research for p…
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Building Capacity to Promote College- and Career-Readiness for English Language Learners
OverviewThis fact-finding trip, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, enabled state policymakers to learn about Texas’ strategies for moving its E…
Tribal Youth Program: Empowering Youth in Indian Country
OverviewThe Tribal Youth Program is a prevention program supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) at the U.S. Department …
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Preparing Rural Students for Success Beyond High School
OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) brought a group of federal policy leaders to North Carolina to examine how rural education systems are providing…
How Rural High Schools are Preparing Students for College and Careers through Dual Enrollment and Career and Technical Education
OverviewThis webinar described how rural schools are preparing students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in college and in jobs by crea…
- July 13, 2010
Building Capacity to Promote College- and Career-Readiness for Secondary-Level English Language Learners: Policy Brief Featuring Austin, Texas
SynopsisThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) convened a group of policymakers from five states for a visit to Austin in May, 2010 to focus on strategies for …
- April 1, 2010
Challenges, Assets, and Innovations: Considerations for Secondary Education in Rural Communities
SynopsisThe overall U.S. high school graduation rate is 73.1% among rural students. Nationwide, nearly half of all operating school districts are in rural area…
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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…
Improving the Transition from Middle Grades to High Schools: Promising State Initiatives in Literacy and Mathematics
OverviewBy the time students enter high school, many have already fallen behind in critical subject areas such as English and mathematics. Educators can use e…
- February 28, 2008
Youth With Disabilities in the Foster Care System: Barriers to Success and Proposed Policy Solutions
Synopsis:The purpose of this report is to provide policymakers, primarily at the federal and state levels, with information about youth with disabilities in fo…
- November 1, 2006
Serving Older Youth through a Comprehensive Out-of-School Time System: Lessons from the AYPF Philadelphia Field Trip, May 2006
SynopsisIn 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…
- November 1, 2005
Enhancing High School Reform: Lessons from Site Visits to Four Cities
SynopsisAYPF conducted site visits to San Diego, California in May 2003; Cleveland, Ohio in December 2003; New York City, New York in January 2004; and Boston,…
- March 22, 2005
Youth Court: A Community Solution for Embracing At-Risk Youth–A National Update (2005)
SynopsisThe report builds upon research previously conducted by the Urban Institute and an extensive survey of youth court programs conducted by the National Y…
- January 26, 2005
Transforming the American High School: Lessons Learned and Struggles Ahead
SynopsisOur work for the Carnegie Corporation of New York highlighted a number of issues for policymakers to learn more about, including strategies and policie…
- May 21, 2004
No Child Left Behind: Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
Synopsis“Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities” explores how attitudes and expectations for students with disabilities are changing as …
- August 5, 2003
Shaping the Future of American Youth: Youth Policy in the 21st Century
SynopsisCommissioned to celebrate AYPF’s decade of service to the youth policy community, this is a compendium of four major analytic papers and nine brisk com…
- June 1, 2001
Leveling the Playing Field: Technology as an Equalizer in Education, Transition to Careers and Daily Life
This publication serves as a summary of what AYPF learned in the three forums on the use of technology to assist youth with disabilities in terms of education …
