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California School District Uses Design Thinking to Raise Grad Rates

November 03, 2016

Like many school districts across America, California’s New Haven Unified School District is trying to narrow its achievement and graduation gaps. And it’s using design thinking to do it. “Young people are pushed out of a school system that doesn’t love and accept them,” Dr. Arlando Smith, co-superintendent of NHUS, said at the UC Exceed GradNation Community Summit on Sept. 24. “It just tolerates them.”

Type: News

TAG: Using Data, Grad Rate Data, Career Pathways

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

campaigns & initiatives: 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

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes Civic Nation and Better Make Room

June 07, 2016

America’s Promise Alliance is thrilled to formally welcome Civic Nation and its Better Make Room campaign to its network of national partners. Civic Nation uses organizing, engagement, and public awareness to address pressing challenges national challenges, working with public and private partners to build tools and campaigns.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, National Alliance

9 Articles that Showcase the Power of Caring Adults to Help Youth Graduate

March 29, 2016

The number and quality of articles on promising practices in education are increasing, and there’s much to learn from what others are doing around the country to improve the lives of young people.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data

promises: Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

American Graduate Day 2015

September 22, 2015

According to the 2015 Building a Grad Nation report, the national high school graduation rate has hit a record high at 81.4 percent – on track to achieve 90 percent by 2020. But while the overall news is encouraging, there is still significant work to be done, particularly for students of color, students from low-income families, and young people with disabilities whose graduations are lagging behind the national average.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data, College and Career Readiness

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

Youth Who Leave School Show Same Strengths as School-Going Youth

August 19, 2015

Every year, 485,000 young people leave school before graduating. With that decision comes immense societal economic, civic and social costs. Young people who drop out of school are oftentimes depicted as lazy and unmotivated. However, new research from the Center for Promise indicates that students who leave school express the same strengths and competencies that are found among school-going youth.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

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

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

Research reveals U.S. is on track to meet goal of 90 percent national high school graduation rate by 2020

March 19, 2013

The nation’s work to improve graduation rates took a significant leap forward according to a report released today by Civic Enterprises,  the Everyone Graduates Center,  America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent Education. The most comprehensive graduation research report of late found that for the first time the U.S.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

New research reveals U.S. is on track to meet goal of 90 percent national high school graduation rate by 2020

February 28, 2013

The nation’s work to improve graduation rates took a significant leap forward according to a report released by Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent Education. The most comprehensive graduation research report of late found that for the first time the U.S. is on track to meet the national Grad Nation goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate by the class of 2020.

Type: News

TAG: Using Data, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign