This report draws heavily on the material already written about the programs and sites that were visited, as well as speakers at forums, presentations at roundtables, and summaries of discussion groups, available on the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) website. This report describes some of the common approaches, strategies, and policies that reformers are using, as well as to highlight a number of unique strategies that were recently acquired. Each topical area includes a brief description of programs, strategies, or policies that address that area. For example, under the topic of "Successful Transition of Underachieving Students to Postsecondary Education," the report includes descriptions of various schools and programs that help students, ranging from the community-based Cleveland Scholarships Program to a unique charter school located at University of California San Diego, the Preuss Charter School. The descriptions are meant to give the reader an idea of the range of strategies in place and to demonstrate different approaches to solving a problem or dealing with a challenge. An appendix provides a complete listing of forums, field trips, and other events conducted for this project and also contains web links to forum summaries, field trip reports, and other publications. (Contains 8 footnotes.)