‘More Than a Village’ and Predecessor Report, ‘I’m Going Back,’ Call for Enhanced Collaboration, Education Alternatives, and Workforce Development Opportunities to Re-Engage Young People in School

The ‘YES Project’ Brings Together Employers, Stakeholders, and Advocates to #PledgeYES by Committing to Connect Youth with Employment Opportunities as Part of Effort to Grow Robust Youth Workforce, Ensure Young People are ‘Ready, Connected, Supported’

America’s Promise Alliance today announced that its Board has tapped Board Vice Chair C. Gregg Petersmeyer to serve as its new Board Chair. Former Chair Alma Powell will step into a new role as the Board’s first Chair Emeritus.

As Department of Education reports the lowest increase in 6 years, national education advocates urge leaders across the nation to take action.

Harris was a champion for the dignity of every person, and especially devoted to seeing the possibility in every young person. He never wavered in his devotion to those ideals.

The 2014 guidance encouraged safety and dignity over exclusion, and more importantly helped to create learning environments free from the racial inequities caused by exclusionary discipline – so all young people can thrive.

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation's largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, today announced the launch of the ‘Every School Healthy’ campaign to create healthy and safe schools where all young people can thrive.

After more than a decade of progress in improving high school graduation rates, there remain about 1,300 traditional high schools in need of serious improvement and redesign, according to new research from the GradNation campaign. Among them are more than 800 low-graduation-rate high schools with an average graduation rate of 49 percent.

Una investigación de Center for Promise arroja luz sobre las voces y experiencias de jóvenes afectados por la disciplina excluyente, la forma en que tales prácticas generan sentimientos y conductas de desvinculación, y la importancia de explorar sanciones no excluyentes con miras a obtener mejores resultados

Harsh school discipline policies and practices are leading students—particularly students of color and students with disabilities—to disconnect from school, according to a new report from the Center for Promise, the research institute of America’s Promise Alliance.