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Closing the College Gap: A Roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment

December 07, 2016

As the United States' advantage in educational attainment continues to decline, Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University joined together to release Closing the College Gap: A Roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment.

Type: Report

TAG: College Gap, College and Career Readiness, GPA

promises: Caring Adults

channels: Attendance, College & Career

SOURCE: Civic, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Must be Present to Win: How Local Communities Can Encourage Student Attendance in September

September 04, 2014

Attendance Awareness Month is in September, but it’s never too early to start gathering your team. While most efforts begin naturally and logically with parents and school leaders, there are a number of other powerful allies who can play key roles and give a big boost to Attendance Awareness Month this fall.

Type: Resource

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places

channels: Attendance

SOURCE: Attendance Works, Civic, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Count Us In

September 04, 2014

Can we mark you “present?” America’s Promise Alliance, Attendance Works, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Points of Light and United Way Worldwide invite you to join us as we launch the second year of the Attendance Awareness Campaign, which designates September as Attendance Awareness Month. 

Type: Resource

promises: Effective Education

channels: Attendance

SOURCE: Attendance Works, Civic, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Building A GradNation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic (2014)

April 28, 2014

For the first time in U.S. history the nation’s high school graduation rate rose above 80 percent, according to the 2014 Building a GradNation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic report released April 28 by Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent Education. While more than eight in 10 public high school students are graduating on time, Building a GradNation shows more good news: the number of students enrolled in dropout factories has dropped 47 percent over the last decade, students of color…

Type: Resource

TAG: Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Effective Education

channels: Attendance, Health and Wellness

SOURCE: America's Promise Alliance, Civic, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign