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Building a Grad Nation Executive Brief

March 16, 2015

The Building a Grad Nation Executive Brief highlights the national high school graduation rate trends, depicting the progress being made across states and student subgroups.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

U.S. High School Graduation Rate Hits New Record High

February 12, 2015

“The latest national graduation number – 81 percent - shows that the country is continuing to make progress on increasing on-time high school graduation rates, and that means more young people will have the chance for a promising future,” said John Gomperts, president & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, leader of the GradNation campaign to reach a 90 percent on-time high school graduation rate by 2020.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Memphis City Leaders, Students Gather for GradNation Community Summit

January 22, 2015

The city of Memphis held its GradNation Community Summit September 12, 2014 at Christian Brothers University, bringing together 450 students from four local high schools, and more than 50 leaders including Mayor AC Wharton, Jr., Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson, Achievement School District superintendent Chris Barbic, Data Quality Campaign associate director Chris Kingsley, and National Leag

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Community Summits, GradNation Campaign

5 Questions for…John Gomperts, President and CEO, America’s Promise Alliance

May 28, 2014

According to Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic 2014, a report published in April by America's Promise Alliance and its partners, the four-year high school graduation rate in the United States reached 80 percent for the first time ever in 2012. But while the overall rate is on track to reach the 90 percent goal set by the alliance's Building a GradNation Campaign, the report notes the troubling persistence of achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Scholarships awarded to youth to attend GradNation Summit

April 14, 2014

Each year America’s Promise provides scholarships to young people to attend the Building a GradNation Summit. This year more than 200 young people applied! While we are only able to offer scholarships to a fraction of them, you can read many of their stories at GradNation.org. Congratulations to the young people attending the Summit list below. We look forward to welcoming you at the Summit! (The individual stories have been removed)

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Sweet news in high school graduation statistics

February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine’s Day from America’s Promise! While this news doesn’t come with a box of chocolates, it is sweet nonetheless.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Public media plays important role in dropout crisis

October 01, 2013

Through American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen initiative, stations have engaged with over 1,000 businesses, schools, faith-based and other nonprofits to help young people stay on the path to a high school diploma and graduate with their peers.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

GradNation Community Summits initiative begins next week in St. Louis

September 12, 2013

America’s Promise Alliance is kicking off the start of the GradNation Community Summits initiative next week with the first summit in St. Louis, MO on September 16. These 100 community summits, which will be held across the country over the next four years. In addition to St. Louis, 14 Summits will be held before the end of the 2013 in Birmingham, AL; Jackson, MS; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; Providence, RI; Toledo, OH; Rochester, NY; Las Vegas, NV; Dallas, TX; Seattle/Tacoma, WA; Louisville, KY; Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; San Francisco, CA and Tucson, AZ.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

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

Detroit schools begin culture change by tackling dropout crisis

July 19, 2013

Just five years ago, average graduation rates among Detroit public high schools hovered around 50 percent. Many institutions simply became known as "dropout factories." On the east side of the city, Osborn High School student Stepha'n Quicksey has faced many challenges growing up in a rough neighborhood. Having watched five of his siblings drop out of high school, Quicksey had academic struggles that were symptomatic of the environment in which he grew up. He carried a 0.3GPA in his second year of sixth grade and was not the only student at risk of dropping out.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Community Summits, GradNation State Activation

Grad Nation Communities Network Spotlight

May 13, 2013

Chula Vista, Calif. is a part of a network of Grad Nation Communities that is increasing graduation rates by ensuring that younger students are reading on grade level, and that older students have mentors and caring adults to support them. Graduation Works focuses on multiple strategies including the Graduation Coach Campaign and Chula Vista Reads, which is associated with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. The Grad Nation Communities network is an integral part of the Grad Nation campaign, a large and growing movement of dedicated individuals, organizations and communities working…

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation