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NYEC Testimony for CBC "Out of Work But Not Out of Hope" Hearing - March 17, 2010
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This hearing, "Out of Work but Not Out of Hope: Addressing the Crisis of the Chronically Unemployed" will focus on data that suggest the chronically unemployed include African Americans and other communities of color with unemployment rates significantly higher than the national average; youth and adult workers in need of enhanced education and training; and those who have lost their jobs as a result of the weakened economy and/or have been unemployed for at least six months. |
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NYEC Workforce Investment Act Title I Youth Activities Reauthorization Recommendations - November 2009
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NYEC Workforce Investment Act Title I Youth Activities Reauthorization Recommendations - November 2009
Since 1998, there have been some successes, many challenges and many questions regarding implementation and service delivery. In 2009, young people are facing a labor market with limited prospects. NYEC recommends that statutory changes are needed to improve implementation of the program and the career trajectories of the young people served by the program.
NYEC proposes the enclosed recommendations for WIA Reauthorization. We look forward to working with the Administration, Congress, our members and other key stakeholders in the reauthorization process. |
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A Look at Community Schools (Oct. 2009)
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This report will provide an overview of community school strategies in the United States and how community schools can decrease poverty's detrimental effect on students. There are many examples of community school initiatives--from national models to local school district initiatives. This report highlights the examples where research shows community schools have had the most success. It will also review England's extended school model and suggest how the United States can expand community schools based on England's experience.
Author: Saba Bireda, Center for American Progress
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Achieving Graduation for All: A Governor's Guide to Dropout Prevention and Recovery
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Achieving Graduation for All: A Governor's Guide to Dropout Prevention and Recovery identifies the root causes of the high school dropout problem and offers a comprehensive action plan for states to curb dropouts, help youth succeed and strengthen state economies. Achieving Graduation for All recommends actions governors should take to reduce the incidence of students not completing high school, including: promote high school graduation for all; target youth at-risk of dropping out; reengage youth who have dropped out of school; and provide rigorous, relevant options for earning a high school diploma. Specific suggestions for implementation, such as raising the compulsory age of attendance to 18 and establishing reentry programs for juvenile offenders, are also contained within the report. |
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Child and Youth Readiness Cabinet Statewide Integrated Data Sharing System (June 2009)
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In June 2008, Governor Deval Patrick released his Education Action Agenda, a comprehensive strategic plan that charts the course for the next phase of education reform in Massachusetts. The Action Agenda set as a primary goal the creation of an integrated system of education to meet the learning needs of every student in the Commonwealth, thus providing all students with the supports and skills necessary to meet the stateâ??s rigorous educational standards, and to help them become successful and productive members of the workforce and their communities. Governor Patrick established the Child and Youth Readiness Cabinet (the Cabinet), comprised of the Secretariats of the state agencies, with primary responsibility for serving children, youth and families. In April 2009, Public Consulting Group (PCG) was retained to clarify the crossagency vision for a statewide integrated data sharing and reporting system as outlined by the Governor and the Readiness Cabinet, and to draft a strategic plan with actionâ?Ìoriented recommendations to help the Cabinet begin to make concerted, measurable efforts toward achieving its vision. |
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Demographic, Socio-Economic, Schooling, and Labor Market Indicators for 16-24 Year Olds in the City of Hartford
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Prepared by: Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University
Prepared for: National League of Cities, Washington, D.C., October 2009 |
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Demographic, Socio-Economic, Schooling, and Labor Market Indicators for 16-24 Year Olds in the Town of Manchester
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Prepared by: Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University
Prepared for: National League of Cities, Washington, D.C., October 2009 |
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Digest of Education Statistics
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A series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. |
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Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students (Oct. 2009)
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Using student-level data, this paper examines the impact of charter schools on the academic performance of students who remain in the local public schools of New York City, instead of joining its rapidly expanding charter sector. In particular, it tests whether there is a relationship between how much math and reading skill a regular public school student has acquired during a school year and the percentage of his or her classmates who left for a charter school at the end of the previous school year, controlling for both observed and unobserved factors pertaining to the student and his or her school. The analysis reveals that students benefit academically when their public school is exposed to competition from a charter. Findings include:
- For every 1 percent of a public school's students who leave for a charter, reading proficiency among those who remain increases by about 0.02 standard deviations, a small but not insignificant number, in view of the widely held suspicion that the impact on local public schools of students' departures for charter schools would be negative.
- Competition from charter schools has no effect on overall student achievement in math.
- In both math and reading, the lowest-performing students in public school benefit from competition from charter schools. |
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Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006-07 (Oct. 2009)
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This report presents the number of high school graduates, the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), and dropout data for grades 9 through 12 for public schools in school year 2006-07. The counts of graduates, dropouts, and enrollments by grade (which serve as the denominators for the graduation and dropout rates) are from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD) nonfiscal surveys of public elementary/secondary education. The data for this collection were reported to the NCES through the U. S. Department of Education's EDFacts data collection system by state education agencies (SEAs). These data represent high school graduates receiving regular diplomas and dropouts for the 2006-07 school year. |
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