By Deborah Good and Justin Trager, Future Focused Education. High schools that re-engage youth who are off-track or dropped out (at-promise youth) have impacts well beyond a student’s graduation day. Graduating from high school is associated with a long list of positive life outcomes, including higher employment rates and wages, better health and mental health, See The Story
By Nicole Pyle, Utah State University; Daniel Pyle, Weber State University; Christopher Mazzeo, Director, Center for Research, Evaluation and Analysis, Education Northwest. For nearly a decade, educational policy advocates, researchers, practitioners, state and local leaders, and organizations engage at the annual Reaching At-Promise Students Association (RAPSA) Forum to discuss relevant accountability systems for schools serving students at-promise. See The Story
By Ernie Silva, Executive Director, RAPSA At RAPSA’s 2019 Forum, nearly 300 education and workforce leaders came together to celebrate AB 413 – the Nation’s first legislation replacing the “at-risk” label with the inspiring “at-promise” articulation in both the California Education and Penal Codes. RAPSA has begun developing a tool chest for leaders looking for curriculum, See The Story
By Naomi DeVeaux and Jim Goenner, PhD, National Charter School Institute; Jody Ernst, PhD and Jim Griffin JD, Momentum Strategies and Research; and Nelson Smith. In theory, public charter schools are allowed to operate free from bureaucratic rules while being held accountable for strong student outcomes. This bargain depends on accurate, reliable accountability measures plus See The Story
Condensed from Samaura Stone, Senior Policy Associate at American Youth Policy Forum, and Nancy Martin. With graduation rates now above 80 percent in Kentucky, it might be hard to believe the Commonwealth once ranked 50th in the nation in the percentage of adults with a high school diploma and 49th in percentage of college graduates. See The Story
Changing from At-Risk to At-Promise California has become the first state to recognize the importance of changing laws to recognize that all students are “At-promise” of success. Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 413 (Jones-Sawyer) on October 12, 2019. The bill eliminates the deficit laden “At-risk” term in the California Education and Penal Codes. Join us See The Story
