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2013 Annual Report: Actions Needed to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits
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This report, issued by the Government Accountability Office in early April 2013, provides an update on issues referneced in the 2011 and 2012 reports while also identifying more areas of concern. The goal of this series of publications is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of federal government programs and activities. |
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Focus on People to Change Data Culture- Report by Data Quality Campaign
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This report, released by the Data Quality Campaign in November 2012, discusses the current roadblocks to effective and effciitent data mangaement that meets people's needs. According to the report states have made great strides in implementing data systems, but there is still work to be done on the people side of the equation via governance structures, increasing data access for stakeholders, increasing capacity of all education stakeholders to effectively use data. |
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Portable, Stackable Credentials: A New Education Model for Industry-Specific Career Pathways
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The paper, released by the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation in November 2012, examines some of the new models being invented by innovators in education, business, and the government. It also inclides a call to action for educational institutions, employers, and policymakers to come together to build on these beginnings and design a system of portable, stackable credentials embedded in transparent, more easily navigable career pathways. |
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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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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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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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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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From Periphery to Center: A New Vision for Family, School, and Community Partnerships (May 2009)
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Written by Harvard Family Research Project's Heather Weiss and Naomi Stephen, this chapterâ??which will appear in the Handbook of Schoolâ??Family Partnerships, edited by Sandy Christenson, Ph.D. and Amy Reschley, Ph.D.â??presents a comprehensive, integrated family, school, and community partnership framework that can help level the playing field for disadvantaged children and ensure that they have access to the parental involvement and community engagement practices of their more advantaged peers in order to enhance their learning. |
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Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis
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America's Promise Alliance commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that's right for individual communities. |
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