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June 23, 2021

New National Data Provide High Schoolers’ Insights. They reflect on a historic school year shaped by remote learning and attention to racial injustice

Type: Resource

SOURCE: Center for Promise, Research for Action

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

National High School Graduation Rate Hits Record High of 85.8%; Gains Made by Historically Disadvantaged Students in Last Pre-COVID Baseline

March 23, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23, 2021)—The U.S. Department of Education released data today showing the high school graduation rate for the class of 2019 has reached a record high of 85.8%. These new figures show an increase from the previous year’s rate of 85.3% and indicate continued progress toward equity across the country, as rates for students from historically disadvantaged communities increased by more than the national average.

Type: Press Release

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

America’s Promise Messaging Frameworks

October 29, 2020

Type: Resource

campaigns & initiatives: How Learning Happens, GradNation Campaign

GradNation Calls for ‘Meeting the Moment’ Plan to Boost High School Graduation and Postsecondary Readiness During and Beyond COVID-19

October 01, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C – New data show that pre-COVID-19, the nation’s high school graduation rate was at an all-time high—driven by substantial gains over the past decade among low-income, Black, and Hispanic students as well as students with disabilities. These, however, are among the very populations most affected by COVID-19, its disruptions to schooling, and the nation’s on-going struggles with systematic racism.

Type: Press Release

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

Case Study: Building Responsive Pathways to Graduation and Beyond

July 15, 2020

This brief provides tangible examples of the ways in which the five Acceleration sites are offering and integrating internships, work-based learning, and/or work-readiness education to ensure students can secure and maintain meaningful work.

Type: Resource

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Case Study: Creating Effective Youth-Supporting Partnerships

July 15, 2020

In this case study, you will find examples of how the Acceleration sites have brought partner organizations to the table, have established and built on a shared vision, and have utilized data-driven decision making to better understand and meet the needs of the young people they seek to support.

Type: Resource

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Case Study: Holistic Approaches to Helping Young People Succeed

July 14, 2020

In this case study, you will find concrete examples of the ways in which these exemplar states and communities are putting people over programs and establishing structures for holistic support for students. Specifically, the communities highlighted in this brief are prioritizing supports for newcomer English learners, youth with physical and mental health challenges, youth facing the impacts of poverty, and youth experiencing trauma.

Type: Resource

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Greeley Evans: A Whole Community Approach to Student Retention & Engagement

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, including students in foster care, low-income students, and English learners. Out of a large pool of applicants, Greeley-Evans School District 6 was selected at one of the acceleration communities.

Type: Opinion

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

GradNation: A Decade of Progress & Lessons Learned

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.”

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

The Make or Break Year: Lessons Learned From Chicago Public Schools on How We Can Help Young People Graduate

September 30, 2019

From 2011 to 2018, something remarkable happened in Chicago: graduation rates skyrocketed from 56.9 percent to 78.2 percent. 

Type: News

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign