Welcome to RAPSA's Quarterly Journal!

The RAPSA Journal provides a platform for strategies, research, and support among education, community, and workforce leaders who serve at-promise students between the ages of 16-24 years old.

RAPSA Quarterly Journal Fall 2019 This third issue of our quarterly publication provides five articles about research and initiatives across the country that explore solutions for serving out-of-school and other high-risk youth. We’ve also included links to news that may inform strategies that you develop to serve at-promise students. Read More

Department Of Labor Releases Info On Integrating WIOA With Youth In Foster Care Foster care youth benefit from additional resources to help them grow into successful adults. Learn how the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity (WIOA) Youth Program and federal foster care funding can be leveraged together to help these young people effectively transition to adulthood. Read More

Wyoming Rethinks Accountability For Alternative High Schools Alternative schools almost always wind up in the lowest performance categories of a state accountability system since this standard model does not fit these schools very well. To remedy this problem, Wyoming recently adopted a system to meaningfully measure alternative high schools. Read More

California State Senate Approves “At Promise” Adoption AB413 replaces the term “at-risk” with “at-promise” to move from deficit language to positive recognition of the potential of youth in California. The bill was introduced by Assembly Member Reginald Jones-Sawyer and passed the California State Senate by an overwhelming 34 to 2 vote.  Read More

Ohio Adopts New SEL Standards Ohio’s Strategic Plan for Education identifies social emotional learning as one of four equal learning domains for preparing each Ohio student to succeed after high school. Learn more about social-emotional learning and the history of it as policy in Ohio. Read More

Game Changer: Black Teacher; Black Principal Read this honest narrative from Gemayel Hazard who shares his experience as a black male elementary teacher who has moved on to become a principal, and provides a first-hand account after his first year as a black principal. Read More

Join RAPSA Today! We invite you to join RAPSA to demonstrate your support for this professional learning community and at-promise students. Membership types include Individual, Single School, networks, Research/Policy Organizations, and Service Providers. Each membership includes a $50 discount to the 2019 Alternative Accountability Policy Forum to be held this November in San Diego!  RAPSA MEMBERSHIP

We invite submissions by you and/or your organization for the RAPSA Journal. To submit articles and for more information about RAPSA, contact Ernie Silva at 916.449.8919 or ernie.silva@siatech.org .