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Implementing Bolder Strategies 101 Webinar, August 30, 2011, 3 PM ET
At the end of the day, broader partnerships, bigger goals, and better data and decision making are only useful if they significantly increase the likelihood that timely, well-vetted, evidence-based strategies will be implemented and nurtured toward success. Many communities are dealing with an overabundance of strategies, and struggle to implement strategies in an aligned and effective way.
Publishing Date:
August 31, 2011
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Showing the Pipeline to Educators
A conference in Virginia last month offered one way to make sure college and career readiness is a priority for public schools – and to show educators how Ready by 21 helps them meet that priority.
Publishing Date:
August 24, 2011
Getting all the Players in the Same Room
Anyone who tries to get leaders from different sectors to work together better knows that sometimes you have to literally get them in the same room – which is what Chattanooga, Tenn., did last month when it convened 300 teachers, frontline workers, business people and foundation leaders for a conference about improving supports for young people.
Publishing Date:
August 24, 2011
A Standard Tool to Evaluate Afterschool Quality
Looking for a proven tool to evaluate youth programs? Oakland, Calif., has found it in the Weikart Center’s Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA), which “is becoming a standard used to evaluate a wide variety of youth programs throughout the city,” says the Oakland Community After School Alliance.
Publishing Date:
August 24, 2011
Camp Fire Expands System for Quality Improvement
While program assessment and staff training are valuable but sometimes daunting tasks, Camp Fire USA is expanding both through a partnership with the Forum.
Publishing Date:
August 24, 2011
Helping More Students Graduate
With more and more students taking longer than four years to complete high school, a push is on to help those students by including their graduations in calculations about school effectiveness.
Publishing Date:
August 24, 2011
Karen Pittman's blog: Can an Hour a Day Keep the F's Away?
Anyone who has kids knows that 5-year-olds get up earlier than 15-year-olds. Still, many schools ignore that basic reality: Bus schedules often have sleepy teens on the corner as early as 6 a.m. to start classes between 7 and 8 a.m.
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August 9, 2011
America’s Promise Launches Fund to Combat Dropping Out
America’s Promise Alliance has launched a new philanthropic fund focused on solving the nation’s high school dropout crisis. The Grad Nation Community Impact Fund will provide grants to stimulate community engagement and investment to help transform the nation’s lowest-performing schools and surrounding communities.
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August 4, 2011
AASA Executive Director Named Chair of Learning First Alliance
The Learning First Alliance, a partnership of 16 national education associations representing more than 10 million parents, educators and policymakers, has named American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Executive Director Dan Domenech as chair of its board of directors.
Publishing Date:
August 4, 2011
Communities for Change Symposium gets Underway
Looking to reach your goals related to youth and education? Communities across America are convening this week in Louisville to discuss how to do just that. The Communities for Change Symposium will provide local leaders with a better understanding about how to connect and mobilize community resources to track and manage change over time.
Publishing Date:
August 4, 2011
All-America Cities Awards Focuses on Reading
For communities wishing to be named an All-America City this year, reading will be fundamental.
Publishing Date:
August 4, 2011
Ready by 21 Supports Promise Neighborhood Grant Applicants
Communities seeking federal Promise Neighborhood grants can get help from a new guide produced by the Forum for Youth Investment.
Publishing Date:
August 4, 2011
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New Guide for Community Collaboration
Communities across the country are forming leadership bodies to help improve outcomes for youth. But one group of stakeholders, the youth-serving sector, is often the least organized and least systematically represented of all.
Publishing Date:
August 4, 2011
Webinar Archive: The Art of Effective Data Sharing
Discover how policy decision makers benefit from shared information systems. Learn new strategies for addressing common barriers to state data sharing. Get a first-hand account of how to put the right data safely into the hands of service providers.
Publishing Date:
August 3, 2011
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Webinar Archive: 2011 Ready by 21 State Policy Survey
On July 21, the Forum hosted a webinar on the 2011 Ready by 21 State Policy Survey, the first comprehensive survey of state child and youth policy coordinating bodies in the U.S.
RAND researchers Anita Chandra and Joie Acosta joined Forum staff to recap the results and answer questions from the audience.
Publishing Date:
July 26, 2011
