America's Promise Alliance

"Educating America's sons and daughters is a task for all Americans."

- President Barack Obama

Grad Nation

Mobilizing America to End the Dropout Crisis

Grad Nation is a national movement to mobilize Americans to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21^st century workforce. It’s a call to action for concerned citizens, businesses, community leaders, policy makers, educators and the nation. With leadership and focus, this is a solvable problem. Support for education reform is essential, but this alone is not enough. We must also build the public and political will necessary to sustain a successful national movement. And we must work together to see that more young people receive the fundamental resources they need to succeed. We call these the Five Promises. If we focus on organizing communities to bring the needed support to students who attend or will attend high schools with graduation rates of less than 60 percent, while aggressively supporting education reform, then we can help end the dropout crisis and transform the lives of our most vulnerable children.

State Farm is the presenting national sponsor of Grad Nation.

About the Movement

On March 1, 2010, President Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Gen. Colin Powell and America’s Promise Alliance Chair Alma Powell gathered together at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with hundreds of partners from every sector. On that day, we officially embarked on the most ambitious campaign the Alliance has ever undertaken – the Grad Nation campaign – to mobilize America to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21^st century workforce.

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Sign Up Now to Join the Grad Nation Movement. You will receieve the latest Grad Nation updates from the Alliance and continue to learn what you can do to assist in our nationwide effort.

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Take Action

By mobilizing communities to bring the fundamental supports to our most vulnerable young people, and aggressively supporting education reform, we can end the dropout crisis and transform the life of every child. What follows are additional ways that you can take action, whether you are an individual or part of an organization.

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