WASHINGTON, DC –America’s Promise Alliance (America’s Promise) and the Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy today announced the findings of the final evaluation of the America’s Promise Dropout Prevention Summits.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—America’s Promise Alliance (America’s Promise) has announced the winners of its 2012 Journalism Awards. The Philadelphia Inquirer was honored with the America’s Promise Journalism Award for Awareness for “Assault on Learning,” a series that exposed pervasive violence occurring in Philadelphia public schools.

WASHINGTON, DC–America’s Promise Alliance (America’s Promise) today announced  its Grad Nation Communities initiative, a new effort that will expand the organization’s work with communities to more deeply engage and align local education and reform initiatives.

WASHINGTON, DC--America’s Promise Alliance (America’s Promise) today announced it will host a series of Business-Education Collaborative Summits, bringing together local and national business, education, nonprofit and philanthropic leaders to learn about the latest data on the economic impact of the high school dropout crisis and how they can work together more effectively to improve schools and communities.

Participants include: Colin and Alma Powell, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Filmmaker and Education Advocate George Lucas, White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, Students First’s Michelle Rhee, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, Hispanic Heritage Foundation CEO Jose Antonio Tijerino and many more.

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WASHINGTON (March 5, 2012)—America’s Promise Alliance and the ING Foundation today announced the call for submissions for this year’s 100 Best Communities for Young People competition.

America’s Promise Alliance (America’s Promise) today named John S. Gomperts as its new President and CEO. He succeeds Marguerite Kondracke, who has served in that position since 2004. Gomperts, currently Director of AmeriCorps, will oversee the day-to-day work of the organization and provide strategic direction for the Alliance’s mission to improve the lives of America’s young people. This includes leading Grad Nation, a large and growing campaign of dedicated individuals, organizations and communities working together to end the school dropout crisis.