Thank you to everyone who attended AAPF16 in Coronado last week. We enjoyed insightful presentations from a variety of respectable experts from across the country.

Be sure to check the Twitter hashtag #AAPF16 for photos, comments, and links to presentations from the event.

We are already looking forward to AAPF17 - November 16-18, 2017 in the same place: Coronado Island, California. Registration is open now.

Several organizations including Our Piece of the Pie, High School for Recording Arts (HSRA), and SIATech schools collaborated on a new report, Seizing the Moment: Realizing the Promise of Student-Centered Learning, which includes information on new and improved learning strategies. These new methods provide students with advanced learning tools  that allow them to become more prepared for a successful future. Students are attended to on a more personal level and students are able to learn at their own pace. In the long run, students are empowered through transparency and self-ownership of their education.
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Chris Sturgis of Competency Works wrote an article about student-centered learning. Read more here.

Pictured above are representatives from the organizations who collaborated on the “Seizing the Moment” report which was presented in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2016. Several of them will be in attendance at the 2016 Alternative Accountability Policy Forum in Coronado this October.

The dates for the 5th Annual Alternative Accountability Policy Forum have been announced.

The event will take place October 27-29, 2016, on Coronado Island in San Diego, California.

This annual forum will provide another professional development summit for policymakers, administrators, educators, and others focused on helping disadvantaged young people succeed. To learn more, contact Ernie Silva at ernie.silva@siatech.org.