America's Youth in Crisis

Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the National Guard Youth Foundation on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program for a discussion with national experts on disengaged adolescents and the high school dropout crisis. This conference will also examine the evidence-based practices that lead adolescents back to mainstream society.

9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

Former U.S. Sen. William Brock
CSIS Counselor and Trustee

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu – Keynote Speaker

9:30 a.m. Panel 1: What Leads Adolescents to Disengage and Drop Out of School: The Nature and Impact of the Problem 

Featured Participants:

Hugh B. Price
Former President and CEO, National Urban League

Dr. Robert Balfanz
Co-Director, Everyone Graduates Center and Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University

Ryan Reyna
Program director, Education Division, National Governors Association

Dr. Jonathan F. Zaff
Ph.D., Center for Promise and Vice President, Research & Policy Development, America's Promise Alliance

11:00 a.m. Panel 2: What Works: The Need for Evidence-Based Programs

Featured Participants: 

Paul Pastorek
Former Louisiana State Superintendent of Education

Kathryn B. Stack
Deputy Associate Director, Education, Income Maintenance, and Labor, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Dr. Lynn Karoly
Senior Economist, RAND Corporation

Dan Bloom, Director
Health and Barriers to Employment POlicy Area, MDRC

Gary VanLandingham
Director, The Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative

12:30 p.m. Lunch

Introduction by the Honorable John Hamre
President and CEO The Pritzker Chair, CSIS

Gen. Craig McKinley
USAF (Ret.), Chairman, National Guard Youth Foundation

Hugh Price
Former President and CEO of the National Urban League

1:45 p.m. Panel 3: The Attributes of Success

Featured Participants:

Dr. Ron Haskins
Brookings Institution

Graduates of the Youth ChalleNGe Program

Lunch will be included. The panel discussion will conclude at 3:00 p.m. and will be followed by a reception for participants. This invitation is transferable within your organization.

Wednesday June 19, 2013, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Center for Strategic and International Studies
B1 Conference Room
1800 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006    

Please RSVP by clicking here. (Note: If you have any problems with this link, please contact Nicole Darden directly at ndarden@csis.org)