Expanding Education Options for
Struggling Students and Disconnected Youth
A Learning Exchange for Local and State Leaders
October 28-30, 2008
Austin, TX
Learning Exchange Goals:
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Expose participants to effective programs, policies, and collaborations from which they take away concrete, practical lessons about expanding options for secondary education
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Provide participants time to learn about successful strategies to re-engage disconnected youth and discuss with their peers and national experts various approaches to complex and difficult obstacles
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Encourage local and state leaders to plan new strategies for their own communities and states, share lessons learned, and build a network of information, resources, and contacts
Participants
| Wednesday, October 29th |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Welcome and Framing the Agenda |
| 9:00 - 10:00 am | Introductions |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 am | Youth-serving Systems Working Together to Expand Options |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Using Data to Understand Where Your Community is Losing Young People and What Types of Education Options Are Needed A.J. Morrison, Principal, Alliance High School, Portland Public Schools |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Networking Lunch w/ presentation by Richard Halpin, Founder & CEO, American YouthWorks |
| 1:30 - 3:15 pm | State Policies that Facilitate (or Inhibit) Expanding Education Options for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth Nancy Martin, Director, Capacity Building Initiatives, National Youth Employment Coalition Drew Hinds, Education Specialist, Oregon Department of Education |
| 3:15 - 3:45 pm | Break |
| 3:45 - 4:45 pm | Transition to Postsecondary Education Pathways Mala B. Thakur, Executive Director, National Youth Employment Coalition |
| Thursday, October 30th | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 am | Highlights from Wednesday and Overview of Thursday |
| 8:45 - 10:15 am | |
| 10:15 - 11:30 am | Federal Policy, National Efforts, and What's Next? Mala B. Thakur, Executive Director, National Youth Employment Coalition Linda Harris, Director of Youth Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Next Steps |
| 11:45 pm | Adjourn |
