Forum for Youth Investment
The Forum for Youth Investment is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities help young people to be Ready by 21� for college, work and life.
Credentialed by 26, Insulating the Education Pipeline to Increase Postsecondary Success
This issue brief explores why postsecondary completion is an important goal and looks at the U.S student completion of some postsecondary credentials.
Credentialed by 26, High Expectations & Strong Supports Yield Postsecondary Success
This brief demonstrates that it is possible to insulate the education pipeline for older, vulnerable youth by providing the supports for their success. An analogy, the "insulated education pipeline, is used "to describe the kinds of kinds of partners that need to be mobilized and policy approaches that need to be enacted in order to significantly increase completion rates and help more young people successfully transition to adulthood." Insulating the birth-21 pipeline refers to the need to mobilize partners and develop policies that will help increase the high school graduation rate and help young people successfully transition to their post-high school lives.
Credentialed by 26, Changing the Odds for Students: Spotlight on Kingsborough College
This brief describes how effective leadership can serve as a critical lever for changing practices and improving student outcomes in higher education.
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
Building Strong Systems of Support for Young Children�€™s Mental Health: Key Strategies for States and a Planning Tool
This report describes strategies with state examples for creating a comprehensive system of supports for young children's mental health.
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
Plan Ahead To Get Assistive Technology In College
This publication will help college-bound students with learning disabilities who rely on assistance technology (AT) take a look at schools' AT policies and offerings. It also addresses student rights and responsibilities.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Preparing Students for College and Careers
This MetLife Survey examines the priority goal that allstudents graduate from high school prepared for college and careers, what being college-and career-ready entails and the implications of this goal for teaching. It includes the views of public middle and high school teachers, students and parents and business executives from Fortune 1000 companies.
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