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An Uncomfortable Truth: Too Many Young People Experience Fear Every Day In America

December 06, 2016

While the recent campaign and election moved fear to the forefront in a great many households, the uncomfortable truth is that for far too many young people in America fear for personal safety is an everyday occurrence.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Career Pathways, Grad Rate Data, Funding Opportunities

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

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

What’s Working: To Increase Grad Rates, Increase the Number of Adults In Your Community

October 20, 2016

For every seven more adults in a neighborhood, there is one fewer young person who leaves school without graduating. That’s a major finding from a new Center for Promise study, Who’s Minding the Neighborhood? The Role of Adult Capacity in Keeping Young People on a Path to Graduation.

Type: News

TAG: Black/African-American, Grad Rate Data, Using Data

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

New Study Finds that for Every Seven More Adults in a Neighborhood, One Fewer Young Person Leaves School

October 10, 2016

The more adults in a community, the more young people stay on a path toward academic success, regardless of other factors that influence a young person’s educational trajectory, according to new research released today by the Center for Promise, the research institute of America’s Promise Alliance.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data, Black/African-American

promises: Caring Adults

channels: Family Engagement

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

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

Report: Student Homelessness Grows Dramatically—But Support Doesn’t

June 16, 2016

The number of homeless students in the United States has grown dramatically, and the majority of them aren’t getting the support they need to graduate high school, a new report found. Hidden in Plain Sight: Homeless Students in America’s Public Schools examines student homelessness through interviews and students with more than 200 young people who are or have been homeless.

Type: News

TAG: Homeless Youth, Special Populations, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

Action Platform: Greater Stark County Urban League

I’ve Interviewed Hundreds of “Dropouts.” Most Are Heartbreaking. This One is a Real Success Story.

October 28, 2015

America's Promise Alliance and the Center for Promise published a new study this fall, Don't Quit On Me: What Young People Who Left School Say About the Power of Relationships. Craig McClay, a lead researcher on the report, has spoken to hundreds of young people who left school before graduating about their experiences.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Building Blocks of a GradNation: Assets for Keeping Young People in School

September 19, 2015

Much has been written about how to prevent students from leaving high school before graduating, and which life experiences or risk factors

Type: Resource

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Effective Education

channels: Family Engagement, Re-engaging Youth

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

Study Identifies 10 Building Blocks for Youth Success

July 08, 2015

The research institute of America’s Promise Alliance –the Center for Promise - recently pinpointed ten building blocks, based on the review of twenty-five years of empirical research, that impact the likelihood of young people staying in school and graduating on time. With these ten assets, policymakers and practitioners can focus on interventions for young people that will help the country reach a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2020, according to the research brief.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

When the Deck Seems Stacked, Helping Kids Beat the Odds

May 06, 2015

Where you live can determine where you’ll go. That’s the big take-away from a recent study conducted by economist and McArthur “genius” award winner Raj Chetty and his team at Harvard.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Early Childhood

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Don’t Call Them Dropouts: Our Partners Are Changing the Conversation

July 03, 2014

Six weeks have passed since America’s Promise Alliance releasedDon’t Call Them Dropouts. We are heartened to see so many friends, partners and allies joining us in this important conversation about how to support young people who have left school so that they can realize their potential as students, workers, and citizens. Here are just a few partners who are joining the conversation:

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign