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Keeping Kids on Track in the Middle School Years: Investing in Out-of-School Time Staff and Volunteer Competencies as a Dropout Prevention Strategy
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This report, released by the National Human Services Assembly in January 2013, discusses solutions to problems known as "dropping out" and "disconnected youth." The brief makes the case for a specific evidence-based strategy: ensruing that adults who serve middle schoolder have the competencies needed to deliver highly effective out-of-school time (OST) services. Three leading practices are highlighted: training and development specific with this age group and its development stages, aligning talent development with quality improvement, and investing in OST managers' competencies. |
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Catching Up to College and Career Readiness - ACT Report
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This report, released by ACT in December 2012, finds that narrowing performance gaps for low-income studetns and students of color requires prevention interventions over remediation. In an effort to determine at what point in a student's education he or she is most able to catch up to grade-level standards, teh ACT team analyzes test scores of students between 4th and 8th grade and those between 8th and 12th grade. |
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Equity in Education and the future of the American Economy
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This report, released by the Alliance for Excellent Education in November 2012, argues that raising individuals' education will boost their purchasing power and increase the national economy. It also incorporates discussion on educational inequity for non-white individuals compared with white populations. |
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Back on Track through College in the Rio Grande Valley
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This report was released by first Focus in August 2012 and highlights activities being undertaken in the Rio Grande Valley region to address dropout recovery and promote psotsecondary success. |
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The Competition that Really Matters: Comparing U.S., Chinese, and Indian Investments in the Next-Generation Workforce
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This report, released by the Center for American Progress on , discusses the current workforce environment in the U.S., India, and China. More specifically, it focuses on identifying best practices in education and youth/workforce development. |
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Building Capacity for Reconnecting Youth
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This brief is designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving or expanding upon the options for struggling students and out-of-school youth. It provides background on important aspects of building capacity to help local- and state-level stakeholders think about where to start, how to assess how their community or state is doing, and how to improve or expand upon work already under way. |
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Cross-System Collaboration for Reconnecting Youth
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This brief is designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving or expanding upon the options for struggling students and out-of-school youth. It provides background on important aspects of cross-system collaboration to help local- and state-level stakeholders think about where to start, how to assess how their community or state is doing, and how to improve or expand upon work already under way. |
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Data Collection and Use for Reconnecting Youth
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This brief is designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving or expanding upon the options for struggling students and out-of-school youth. It provides background on important aspects of data collection and use to help local- and state-level stakeholders think about where to start, how to assess how their community or state is doing, and how to improve or expand upon work already under way. |
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Funding for Reconnecting Youth
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This brief is designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving or expanding upon the options for struggling students and out-of-school youth. It provides background on important aspects of funding to help local- and state-level stakeholders think about where to start, how to assess how their community or state is doing, and how to improve or expand upon work already under way. |
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State and Local Policy for Reconnecting Youth
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This brief is designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving or expanding upon the options for struggling students and out-of-school youth. It provides background on important aspects of policy to help local- and state-level stakeholders think about where to start, how to assess how their community or state is doing, and how to improve or expand upon work already under way. |
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