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Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group
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Entrepreneurship Education in High Schools a Goal for YESG. The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group seeks to ensure "entrepreneurship education" for students in Title 1 high schools as policymakers grappling with the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind are considering high schools part of a long-term strategy to create greater economic opportunity in the US. Read more in Education Daily.
The Aspen Institute Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group (YESG) held a policy briefing breakfast on Wednesday, February 27 at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC on advancing the teaching of entrepreneurship education in our nation's schools. Entitled Exploring the Promise of Entrepreneurship Education: Access to Opportunity, national leaders from the fields of education, entrepreneurship and business, public policy, media and philanthropy discussed the promise of implementing youth entrepreneurship education nationwide. More information.
Advancing Entrepreneurship Education: A Conference Report. Entrepreneurship Education provides an effective response for a number of converging issues now facing us both in the policy world and in the classroom. From American competitiveness, workplace readiness and development, student and teacher engagement, YESG seeks to discern the best ways forward to bring the promise of entrepreneurship education to greater numbers of students, especially from low-income communities. Read the publication.
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Who We Are
The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group's (YESG) vision is to ensure that each graduate from a high school serving a low-income community has educational opportunities to explore their entrepreneurial potential. The YESG team consists of national leaders from the fields of education, entrepreneurship and business, public policy, media and philanthropy. An historic partnership of the Aspen Institute, E*TRADE FINANCIAL, and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), YESG was launched in 2006. Our mission is to recruit, convene and mobilize YESG to develop a comprehensive strategy and tactical plan by May, 2009 in order to commence vision attainment.
What We Do
Through a series of convenings and ongoing rigorous dialogue, YESG will:
- explore the promise of, and obstacles to, implementing youth entrepreneurship education nationwide, with special attention to the 9th and 10th grade levels, an age when many students are at highest risk for disengaging from school and dropping out.
- develop and implement a concrete, targeted strategy to advance the teaching of entrepreneurship in the nation's schools.
- prompt public discussion and action on teaching entrepreneurship in the nation's schools.
How We Make An Impact
- Thought Leadership: YESG members engage in annual convenings along with monthly sub-committee dialogue and participate in periodic events around the country to share insights, identify strategies, and build momentum in support of advancing entrepreneurship education.
- Action Steps: The YESG team will build a priority list of tactical steps to pursue over the following year. Strategic areas include:
Partnership Pathways (for In-School/Out of School-CBO/Extended day/Community College partners)—Leverage team resources, build networks, and utilize specialized coalitions.
City/State Strategy (with leading Title 1 urban school districts)—Develop key systemic infusion strategies.
Federal Alignment—Explore links to highly leveraged policy issues such as NCLB, Perkins, SES, Workforce Competitiveness and others.
Field Development and Knowledge Management—Promote innovation, creativity, standards of excellence, and "best practices" dissemination based on demonstration research and evaluation findings.
Media Outreach—An aggressive media campaign to prompt discussion and action.
- Outcome: We can develop a systemic initiative to:
- Engage youth in school, and provide an experiential context to develop strong academic and work skills,
- Motivate students to be productive and engaged in their communities and the economy, and develop success-oriented attitudes of initiative, smart risk-taking, collaboration, and opportunity-seeking.
Overall, we are committed to creating new policies and recommendations to infuse public education with entrepreneurial energy and proven practice— transforming the system itself and preparing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders for America.
Our efforts will have an important and sustainable impact on public education for the 21st century as we explore aspects of a paradigm of strategic learning, advocacy, demonstration, and evaluation.
Learn More. Email the Youth Entrepreneurial Strategy Group at YESG.
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