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The Link Between Suspensions, Expulsions, and Dropout Rates

September 05, 2018

A preponderance of research shows that suspensions and expulsions do little to change behavior and can push students out of school altogether. For instance, being suspended just one time in the ninth grade is related to an increased risk of dropping out. Suspension can increase the chance of leaving school prior to graduation from 16 percent to a 32 percent.

Type: Opinion

TAG: School Discipline

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

Seven Questions About Title IX, Answered

July 12, 2018

Although sexual misconduct remains alarmingly pervasive in K-12 education, many schools, students, parents, and organizations aren’t aware of their responsibilities and individuals’ rights under Title IX. Here’s an overview on how Title IX applies to K-12 programs.

Type: News

TAG: Safe Schools

promises: Safe Places, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Youth Speak Out at the Atlantic Education Summit

May 21, 2018

“I’ve always thought that we need to prepare our students for the world, but I’m learning so quickly that we need to prepare the world for our students,” said Christina Cody, a science teacher and founder of the youth health initiative FIT2gether, at the recent Atlantic Education Summit.

Type: News

TAG: Safe Schools, Healthy Schools, Youth Voice

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

America’s Promise Joins Partners to Send Letter to New Federal School Safety Commission

April 06, 2018

In the spirit of collaboration and to support the current movement to create and preserve schools as safe places for young people, America’s Promise Alliance, along with two other partner organizations working together as part of the Together for Healthy and Successful Schools initiative, have sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy Devos and the Federal School Safety Commission to inform the

Type: News

TAG: Healthy Schools, Safe Schools, Gun Safety

promises: A Healthy Start, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

A Powerful Generation

April 04, 2018

Though students at Thurgood Marshall Academy see the recent March for Our Lives rally as a symbolic moment, they know that long-term change takes time. After all, their school gets its name from the man who helped make school segregation illegal and challenged the separate but equal doctrine on which it stood for more than half a century.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Voice, Safe Schools, Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Every School Healthy

When Youth Feel Unsafe: Brief Insights on the Cognitive and Academic Effects of Exposure to Violence

February 22, 2018

This Point of View brief from the Center for Promise provides research insights on a particularly timely topic - violence in America's schools - that is impacting young people in America. Learn more about this topic by reading this brief

Type: Resource

TAG: Gun Safety, Safe Schools, Mental Health, Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Effective Education

channels: Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign, Every School Healthy

When Students Say #MeToo, Schools Don't Always Listen

February 21, 2018

More than half of young people say they have experienced some form of sexual harassment in high school, yet schools often report zero instances of harassment—a figure experts say is “statistically impossible.” Why the disconnect between the data?

Type: News

TAG: Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign