American Youth Policy Forum

The American Youth Policy Forum is a nonpartisan organization that provides learning opportunities for policy leaders, practitioners, and researchers working on education, youth, and workforce policy at the national, state, and local levels. It has deep, broad expertise in the myriad issues impacting youth and will continue working to improve policies and practices that impact underserved youth aged 14 through 25.

The nonpartisan American Youth Policy Forum gathers policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to frame issues, inform policy, and cultivate conversations about improving education and young people’s lives. The forum will engage an independent research firm to evaluate a longstanding program in which it provides tours of deeper learning-oriented schools for policymakers, staff, and other influential reformers. Engaging leaders through firsthand, "in-action" experiences of deeper learning is vital to increasing their attention, capacity, and commitment to expanding the scale of the movement.

The nonpartisan American Youth Policy Forum brings policymakers, practitioners, and researchers together to frame issues, inform policy, and cultivate conversations about improving education and young people’s lives. The forum will organize and conduct three study tours of schools to educate state and national policymakers about how deeper learning better prepares high school students for success in college, careers, and civic life. These tours, and their associated preparatory analysis and follow-up, help build awareness of the policy and practice reforms necessary to deliver deeper learning and create champions for the movement.