Release of New MDRC Research Study on Career Academies

Join National Academy President JD Hoye other key partners for a forum announcement on June 27, 2008. Improving Long-Term Labor Market Prospects for Youth: Evidence from Career Academies - Career Academies are one of the most popular and lasting school-to-work transition and high school reform strategies. This forum will feature the release of a new report from MDRC which includes findings from eight years of post-high school data and should prompt a useful discussion of the findings' potential policy significance and implications for school reform and youth programming. Speakers will include James Kemple, Director of K-12 Education Policy at MDRC, J.D. Hoye, President, National Academy Foundation, and Charles Dayton, Director of the Career Academy Support Network. Times and location to be announced. The event will be hosted by the American Youth Policy Forum.