Staff Picks
These publications are the favorite picks of the Forum staff.
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| Ohio Children's Cabinet Action Plan |
Ohio Family and Children First (OFCF) has developed a comprehensive action plan to align and coordinate data and resources for children and youth with the long term goal of improving outcomes over a range of areas, e.g. increase post-secondary education attainment and quality of life for families. OCCF is statutorily defined as the Governor’s Cabinet for children and families. |
11/09/2009 | |
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Out of School Time Policy Commentary #14: "After School Grows Up: Helping Teens Prepare for the Future" |
This commentary takes readers on a cross-country tour of after-school innovation – from northern and southern California to Chicago, New York and New Hampshire. In On the Ground we describe two very different school-based models in California. |
04/02/2009 |
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Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Assessment Tools, 2nd Edition |
Program quality assessment and improvement continue to be central themes in the after-school and youth development fields. In March 2007 we released the first edition of this report comparing the purpose, history, structure, methodology, content and technical properties of different program observation tools. |
01/12/2009 |
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State Children's Cabinets and Councils Series |
The State Children's Cabinets and Councils Series, a set of reports intended to capture and organize the decisions and experiences of more than 20 children's cabinets and councils and present them against an emerging set of expectations about what the public and policy makers could and should expect from them. |
10/28/2008 |
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Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary #12: Unpacking Youth Work Practice |
The Forum's OST Policy Commentary series is back! In this issue we discuss the implications of recent research led by Bart Hirsch, Reed Larson and Charles Smith. Each study helps deepen our understanding of youth work practice and can inform policy strategies aimed at developing a strong, stable, committed and prepared OST workforce. |
06/26/2008 |
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Dropout Prevention Summit Planning Guide |
The America’s Promise Alliance is supporting 50 state and at least 50 city Dropout Prevention Summits to be held by 2010. The purposes of the Dropout Prevention Summits are many, but the primary intention is to increase public awareness of the dropout and college-readiness crisis. |
05/22/2008 |
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Ready By 21® National Partner Profiles and Commitments |
The six partners who in 2007 made formal commitments to work with the Forum to advance the Ready by 21 Challenge represent the education, government, nonprofit, business and community philanthropy sectors. Each was chosen because they had pledged to do business differently and sought out the Forum to help in some way. |
02/27/2008 |
| Op-Ed: Ensuring Young People are Ready by 21 |
Twenty five years ago, the blue ribbon National Commission on Excellence in Education stunned the country by declaring: |
02/27/2008 | |
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READY BY 21®: The Challenge |
"The Challenge" is the definitive guide to the key ideas and resources behind Ready by 21®. The Dilemma. Too few young people are entering adulthood ready and our collective efforts to make a difference are far too fragmented to have a big impact. |
02/27/2008 |
| Webinar: Creating State and Local Youth Policy Councils |
This Webinar, held on December 3rd, 2007, offered an opportunity to hear firsthand about how youth from across the country are successfully engaging with policymakers in formal bodies called youth councils. The Forum also discussed the key principles of creating an effective youth council, which are outlined in the paper Building Effective Youth Councils. |
12/03/2007 |