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San Diego Works to Improve Grad Rates for English Learners

November 02, 2016

Nearly 1.6 million students are in California’s public education system, including almost one-third of the nation’s English language learners. In California, one out of every four students is an English language learner. While San Diego Unified School District boasts an overall high school graduation rate of approximately 82 percent as of 2015, only 73 percent of English learners graduate high school in four years.

Type: News

TAG: English Learners, Youth Involvement, Hispanic/Latino, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Community Summits

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

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

GradNation leaders speak out on latest national grad rate

December 15, 2015

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the national high school graduation rate stands at a record high, up from 81.4 percent in 2013 to 82.3 percent for 2014.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education, A Healthy Start

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

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

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes College Ease

December 14, 2015

College Ease, a nonprofit that provides an online space for high school students to connect with potential colleges, recently joined America’s Promise Alliance as a national partner. The organization provides an online service for both students and colleges. Students can create an online profile with their interests and achievements, including work experience, extracurriculars and hobbies.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, National Alliance

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

Big States Lead the Nation in Achieving Higher Graduation Rates

June 28, 2015

Ten states educate 55 percent of America’s public high school students: California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia and North Carolina.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Large West Coast School Districts Pave the Way for State and National Graduation Rate Success

June 28, 2015

School districts in Washington state and California are taking education into their own hands and using data to improve graduation rates.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

The Opportunity Gap is Real

June 09, 2015

Low-income high school students are graduating at a rate 15 percentage points behind their more affluent peers, according to the 2015 Building a Grad Nation report. The growth and spread of concentrated poverty in schools and neighborhoods has enormous consequences for the nation’s most disadvantaged students. One of these consequences is an “opportunity gap,” the large disparity in access to resources, services and experiences for low-income children.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign