Opinion
Insights from thought leaders working to improve the lives of America’s Youth
November 19, 2019
The experiences of organizations working with Capital Workforce Partners (CWP) exemplify how a focus on youth employment has a lasting, positive impact on the lives of young people, as evidenced in th
November 08, 2019
A youth’s biggest transition into adulthood, is shifting from high school into the oftentimes scary, “Real World.” From college to studying a trade to entering public service or the military to landin
November 01, 2019
America’s Promise leads the GradNation Acceleration Initiative, which includes work in three communities and two statewide programs to improve graduation rates for students from varying backgrounds, i
October 30, 2019
Growing up on the Hopi Reservation, I saw firsthand how few opportunities exist for young people and how difficult it can be to find meaningful employment on the reservation... Now I serve as the Coordinator for the Ancestral Lands Hopi program, I work to understand how to provide that same support for those young people and families who choose to work with me.
October 01, 2019
Rewind a decade. America’s graduation rate lingered under 75 percent and there was a clear sense that something needed to change. That’s when the GradNation campaign was born to unify and mobilize the nation to respond to the “dropout epidemic.”
September 18, 2019
Joshua Dantzler is a rising junior in the School of Public Affairs at American University pursuing a degree in political science and a minor in communication studies.
August 07, 2019
The State of Young People reinforced an important lesson for me: when working on challenging issues, we must stick to the value of servant leadership.
July 23, 2019
Parents’ love for their children is the single greatest—and most underutilized—natural resource in education.
July 02, 2019
In early June, more than 200 young people met in Menlo Park, California for a first-of-its-kind summit to send a strong message to national nonprofit and corporate leaders: We need you to hear us, and
July 02, 2019
Improving graduation rates for young people most at risk of not graduating is not purely about coursework, credits, and grades.
June 28, 2019
The heartbreaking photo of Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his not-even-two-year old daughter, Valeria, made me want to simultaneously scream, envelop my own two young sons in a hug, and do something—anything—to help. Almost a year ago to the day, America’s Promise Alliance released a statement on the forced separation of children at the U.S. border. This image shows the appalling lack of progress we’ve made in a year.
May 30, 2019
In 2017, in partnership with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC) began an educational coordination pilot called LEADS (Learn, Educate, A