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District/Community Alliances to Transform High Schools: Lessons Learned from California's High School Pupil Success Act
The High School Pupil Success Act (HSPSA), a unique public-private partnership between the State of California, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with additional support from the Walter S.
The Data Quality Campaign and Forum for Youth Investment Release Co-Authored Brief, Linking Data across Agencies: States That Are Making It Work
As a condition for receiving State Fiscal Stabilization Funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, every governor and chief state school officer has agreed to develop statewide longitudinal data systems that can follow individual students from early learning through K-12 to postsecondary education and into the workforce. This publication provides an in-depth look at the collaborat
Massachusetts Statewide Action Plan
The Forum for Youth Investment facilitated a Ready by 21 approach over the course of three retreats with the Massachusetts Action Planning Team made up of over 100 members. The Action Planning Team (APT) was convened and supported by United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Made up of stakeholders ac
A Primer on Creating Effective Youth Panels
Three times in the past year and a half, the staff of the Forum for Youth Investment has had the opportunity to organize and facilitate panel presentations in which young people bring their voices to bear on the struggle of school reform.
Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary #15: Raising the Bar: Quality Improvement Systems for Youth Programs
In this commentary, we compile lessons learned about building quality improvement systems for OST programs, based on emerging research and increasing activity in the field. We also take readers to two places – the state of Michigan and the city of Chicago – where implementation of this model is underway with promising results.
Grand Rapids Teen Profile 2009
Back on Track: Reconnecting New York's Disconnected Youth to Education and Employment
The Ready by 21 Brochure
Learn about the Ready by 21 Challenge, Approach and Partnership.



