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New In-Depth Analysis of High School Graduation Rates Reveals Progress Is Real, But Slowing, Indicating Urgency to Double Down on Equity Gaps

June 11, 2019

The ‘Building a Grad Nation’ Report’s First-Ever Secondary School Improvement Index Shows More Than Two Thirds of States Have Increased Graduation Rates and Other Measures Of Academic Achievement, Mitigating Concerns Around Diminished Graduation Standards

Type: Press Release

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

channels: Grad Rate Data

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

GradNation Community Leader Spotlight with Adelante Mujeres

May 01, 2019

Adelante Mujeres’ mission is to provide holistic education and empowerment opportunities to Latina women and their families. Part ofl this mission is to increase graduation rates of Latinos in her community.

Type: News

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation, Every School Healthy

Why Pathways Matter

May 17, 2018

When America’s Promise talks about pathways, we’re often talking about the experiences, programs, or initiatives that help prepare young people for life after high school—often while they’re still in it. Since pathways are a key part of our GradNation Action Platform, and because it’s a term we use quite a lot, we think it’s worth exploring a little more.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Career Pathways

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

America’s Promise Alliance and AT&T Announce GradNation Acceleration Grant Recipients in Five States

February 06, 2018

America’s Promise Alliance, with generous support from AT&T, announced today the selection of five states and communities as GradNation Acceleration Grant recipients, as part of the GradNation campaign to raise the high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020. The chosen grantees represent programs whose efforts are focused on accelerating progress for more young people to high school graduation and post-secondary success.

Type: Press Release

promises: Effective Education, A Healthy Start, Caring Adults

channels: Grad Rate Data

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation State Activation, GradNation Campaign

What’s Working: Six Ways to 90

May 04, 2017

For the second year in a row, the United States remains off pace to reach a 90 percent on-time high school graduation rate by 2020, according to the 2017 Building a Grad Nation report.

Type: News

TAG: Special Populations, Black/African-American, English Learners, Students with Disabilities

promises: A Healthy Start, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

For this Community, Bilingualism is Not a Problem. It’s an Asset.

April 04, 2017

How can schools and communities create an inclusive environment for English-language learners? It starts by recognizing that bilingualism is an asset to be encouraged, not a problem to be solved.

Type: News

TAG: English Learners

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation State Activation, Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Five Reasons I’m Optimistic About the Class of 2020

September 08, 2016

I don’t have teenage kids any more, but I do have a special interest in the nearly 4 million kids who are just starting high school right now. Back in 2010, the GradNation campaign set a goal of 90 percent high school graduation by 2020, and we’ve made great progress since then, reaching an all-time high graduation rate of 82.3 percent. 

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Community Summits, GradNation State Activation, Center for Promise

Here’s How States Can Use Data to Improve Graduation Rates

December 14, 2015

What one factor is most responsible for the nation’s highest on-time high school graduation rate? According to a new report, it all comes down to data. In Sealing the Cracks: Using graduation data, policy, and practice to keep all kids on track, the Data Quality Campaign says that state and national leaders helped raise graduation rates by prioritizing quality, comparable data about which students actually graduated and which ones fell through the cracks.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation