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In Rochester, Supporting Those Who Support Youth

July 06, 2020

To support youth development and well-being, the Rochester-based Children’s Institute works with regional health, human service, and education providers. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the organization has found new ways to support those who are still supporting young people during this uncertain time. 

Type: Opinion

campaigns & initiatives: How Learning Happens

In South Carolina, Efforts to Keep Youth Connected

June 16, 2020

Ironically, one of the efforts to help connect young people to each other in South Carolina during this time of social distancing began because they were doing just the opposite.

Type: Opinion

campaigns & initiatives: How Learning Happens

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

Georgia LEADS the Way With Educational Supports For Foster Youth

May 30, 2019

In 2017, in partnership with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC) began an educational coordination pilot called LEADS (Learn, Educate, Achieve, Dream, Succeed) with the goal of continuing the work of Project Graduate to increase high school graduation rates for students in foster care in Fulton and DeKalb counties—the counties where Atlanta sits.

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Relationships Shine at the Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates Career Development Day

May 09, 2019

The chatter of hundreds of high school students, teachers, mentors, and community volunteers fill the Lansing Convention Center in Lansing, Mich. with a hum of excitement. The students are about to face off in a series of competitions. Not as part of a spelling bee or sports event, but as a test of their employability skills.

Type: Opinion

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Action Platform: Pathways, Greater Stark County Urban League

Mentoring and Young People in Foster Care: Why Relationships Matter

May 08, 2019

BEST Kids is a nonprofit organization that provides one-on-one mentoring for over 150 youth in foster care in the Washington DC Metro area. We match caring and consistent adult mentors with youth to provide them not only the guidance and support they need to grow up, but also to help them navigate challenges specific to growing up in foster care.

Type: Opinion

promises: Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

“All Means All” When It Comes to High School Graduation: Measuring Extended-Year Graduation Rates

April 18, 2019

Focusing solely on four-year graduation rates discounts students who may need just a bit longer to graduate and can further perpetuate the inequities that persist within and across school systems. 

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Acceleration Initiative

Advancing Advanced Placement: Better Measuring for College Readiness

March 13, 2019

We view readiness as a set of academic and life skills young people develop over time that supports their growth and can help them succeed in school, in their post-grad career(s), and life.

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

Action Platform: Pathways

A cheaper, quicker approach to social-emotional learning?

March 04, 2019

This story https://hechingerreport.org/a-cheaper-quicker-approach-to-social-emotional-learning/ was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: How Learning Happens