Understanding Accelerated Learning Across Secondary and Postsecondary Education

Accelerated learning serves as a promising tool to provide students the opportunity to move through secondary and postsecondary education at a pace that meets their academic needs. Building on a recent College and Career Readiness and Success Center (CCRS Center) brief, the CCRS Center and the American Youth Policy Forum co-hosted the webinar, Understanding Accelerated Learning Across Secondary and Postsecondary Education, on Monday, November 25. The webinar was the first in a three-part series focused on accelerated learning.

Presenters included Joseph Harris, Director, CCRS Center at American Institutes for Research, Jennifer Brown Lerner, Senior Director, American Youth Policy Forum, and External Network Coordinator, CCRS Center at American Institutes for Research, Melinda Mechur Karp, Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, Louisa Erickson, Program Administrator, Basic Skills, Washington State Board for Technical and Community Colleges, and Thomas Acampora, Field Manager, Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University.

PowerPoint Presentation

Due to a technical glitch with the recording, only the audio is available at this time.

Hosted by
College and Career Readiness and Success Center
American Youth Policy Forum
Event Type
Online Webinar