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Six Steps to Implementing Restorative Practices

August 14, 2018

In all the talk about the importance of reducing suspensions and other exclusionary discipline practices in schools, one question looms large for most educators and administrators: What do we do instead? For many people, part of the answer lies in restorative practices.

Type: News

TAG: School Discipline, Safe Schools, Youth Involvement

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

Seven Young Leaders Making Black History Today

February 08, 2018

Young people across the country are improving media representation for people of color, promoting literacy education, speaking out against bullying, and much more. In honor of Black History Month, we compiled a list of seven African-American young leaders who are raising their voices, advocating for their causes, and fighting for a better future.

Type: News

TAG: Black/African-American, Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes New Board and Trustee Members

October 19, 2017

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, has elected three members to its board of directors and appointed two members to its trustees.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Youth Voice, Youth Involvement

promises: A Healthy Start, Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

The Key to Success is Community Voice: Community Leader Spotlight with Hilda Ramirez, Latino Education Institute

April 21, 2017

Hilda Ramirez strongly believes that “the answers to the problems that communities face lies within the people who are affected by the challenges.” Ramirez is the assistant director of the Latino Education Institute of Worcester State University, a partnership of community leaders that provides outcome-based development programs in education, literacy, leadership, civic engagement, and health.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Involvement, Hispanic/Latino

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Why I’m Partial to the Fifth Promise

March 22, 2017

This blog is part of the #Recommit2Kids campaign, marking the 20th anniversary of America’s Promise Alliance and calling the nation to recommit to action on behalf of children and youth. Join the conversation at #Recommit2Kids.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: A Healthy Start, Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

The Most Politically Radical Thing You Can Do

March 16, 2017

For young people passionate about changing laws and changing the world, the most radical thing you can do may be to speak up and live out the one issue on which you insist on staying silent.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Stanislaus County teens get insights to a happy life

December 07, 2016

Never give up,” was the message 13-year-old Zacharie Azevedo of Salida said he got from the Modesto GradNation Community Summit. That was precisely the message celebrity speakers and community leaders were sending.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Community Summits, GradNation Campaign

Ann Arbor Summit Gets Creative with Youth Engagement

November 03, 2016

“Our hope was to provide an outlet for youth and adults across Washtenaw County to come together for interactive and engaging programming,” said Kelsey Cavanagh-Strong of Neutral Zone, describing the GradNation Community Summit they hosted in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Oct. 20.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement, Using Data

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Community Summits

Sarasota Summit Offers More than One Path for Post-High School Success

November 03, 2016

“Eyebrows shot up and mouths dropped open as about 100 local high school students calculated how much more money they could make with a bachelor's degree than as high school dropouts,” the Herald Tribune recently wrote, reporting on the GradNation Community Summit held in Sarasota County.

Type: News

TAG: Career Pathways, Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement

promises: Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

San Diego Works to Improve Grad Rates for English Learners

November 02, 2016

Nearly 1.6 million students are in California’s public education system, including almost one-third of the nation’s English language learners. In California, one out of every four students is an English language learner. While San Diego Unified School District boasts an overall high school graduation rate of approximately 82 percent as of 2015, only 73 percent of English learners graduate high school in four years.

Type: News

TAG: English Learners, Youth Involvement, Hispanic/Latino, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Community Summits