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April 10, 2012
Karen Pittman discusses the implications of a new study of the Youth Program Quality Intervention, a data-driven continuous improvement model for afterschool programs. The study shows that afterschool program quality can be measured, and that a quality improvement system can work across different types of systems and settings.
February 15, 2012
If we are going to reach people's hearts with stories of how we are changing the odds for young people, Karen Pittman says we must harness the power of one: Not only the story of one youth or one family, but also of one school system, one neighborhood, one coalition, one community. And we must tell stories that start with an individual young person but unfold to reveal our complex agenda for change.
January 30, 2012
Youth development expert Karen Pittman reviews a new book about college access and success.
December 1, 2011
The concept of expanded learning is gaining new traction all over the country - and that, ironically, should worry many of us who have been promoting it for years.
October 4, 2011
You wouldn't expect an organization of retired generals to publicly take on the issue of how well third graders read. But the group called Misson: Readiness has done just that, and all of us who carry out Ready by 21 strategies or simply care about youth should take heed.
August 21, 2011
In this issue Karen Pittman, President and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, takes a look at the KIDS COUNT Data Book produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. She makes the case that supports for children and youth need to extend beyond the education pipeline and into young adulthood.
July 28, 2011
In July's Ready Thoughts Karen Pittman, President and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, takes a look at College Board's new report and interactive website. The project, The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color, offers fresh ways to look at the roadblocks effecting young men of color.
June 30, 2011
This Ready Thoughts delves into Youth engagement and its importance in really making an impact in the lives of young people.
April 28, 2011
This issue of Ready Thoughts discusses how multiple movements aimed at helping youth in our country may not be as successful as we hope for. What would make such movements actually succeed? Karen Pittman, President and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, discusses using the Ready by 21 framework of the four 'B's' to help us counter this issue.
March 30, 2011
March's Ready Thoughts takes a look at the similarities between the Ready by 21 framework and the buzz-creating article "Collective Impact" by Kania and Kramer.