Staff Picks
These publications are the favorite picks of the Forum staff.
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Ready By 21® National Partner Profiles and Commitments |
The six partners who in 2007 made formal commitments to work with the Forum to advance the Ready by 21 Challenge represent the education, government, nonprofit, business and community philanthropy sectors. Each was chosen because they had pledged to do business differently and sought out the Forum to help in some way. |
02/27/2008 |
| Op-Ed: Ensuring Young People are Ready by 21 |
Twenty five years ago, the blue ribbon National Commission on Excellence in Education stunned the country by declaring: |
02/27/2008 | |
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READY BY 21®: The Challenge |
"The Challenge" is the definitive guide to the key ideas and resources behind Ready by 21®. <!--break--> The Dilemma. Too few young people are entering adulthood ready and our collective efforts to make a difference are far too fragmented to have a big impact. |
02/27/2008 |
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Core Assumptions About Change |
This two-pager summarizes the core assumptions that philanthropists, planners and policy makers consciously or unconsciously take into account when making decisions about where to focus their efforts to bring about change. |
12/15/2006 |
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READY BY 21®: Taking Aim on the Big Picture |
READY BY 21: Taking Aim on the Big Picture describes the basic process that can be used by cities, states, funders and programs to coordinate their policies and services to support young people and their families. This tool is the "closet organizer" of youth policy. |
12/01/2006 |
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Ready for Work |
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09/01/2006 |
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Ready by 21 at One: Read the One-Year Update |
Read about the work the Forum and its partners have done in the first year since launching the Ready by 21 Challenge. |
07/01/2006 |
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What Do You Want to Take Stock Of? |
There are multiple types of information that are needed to translate goals into action effectively - information on children and youth, programs, policies, public and political will. This one-page handout provides a list of common ways that states and communities “take stock.” |
03/15/2006 |
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President's Remarks: Moving Ideas to Impact to Change the Odds for Youth - Charting the Forum's Course to 2010 |
Reflecting on her life as a teen growing up in the low-income neighborhoods of Washington, DC, Karen Pittman spells out why she is determined to have the Forum meet its goal of challenging national partners and state and local change makers to ensure that every young person is Ready by 21®. |
07/13/2005 |