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I Am Not My Diagnosis

December 19, 2016

This story is part of the “90 for All” series, which examines the challenges facing traditionally underserved students, particularly low-income and homeless students, English language learners, students of color and students with disabilities.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Black/African-American, College and Career Readiness, Early Childhood

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

What About the Children?

August 08, 2016

I thought if I let a little time pass the sadness, fear, anger and frustration that has surrounded me since learning of the events in Baton Rouge, St. Paul and Dallas would dissipate a bit. I just needed a little break in the clouds so my emotions wouldn’t be so raw and my thoughts could become clearer. That didn’t happen. I’m as raw as when I first heard the news and perhaps even more angry and frustrated.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Solutions For A Brighter Future: Perspectives from a Santa Fe Youth

January 12, 2016

On November 18, the Santa Fe Community Foundation organized Opportunity Santa Fe, a GradNation Community Summit, to discuss solutions for the many challenges facing Santa Fe Youth. Vanessa Morales, a junior at Tierra Encantada Charter School, was a youth panelist at the summit. This is her perspective:

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Early Childhood, Youth Involvement

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Comprehensive Community Action Takes Root In North Carolina

November 18, 2015

There is a burgeoning national movement embracing collaboration as a tool for addressing young people’s interconnected needs, bringing together multiple sectors to pursue a common agenda and reach shared goals. 

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood, Using Data

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

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

Readiness as a Right: Bold Challenges from the Ready by 21 National Meeting

April 28, 2015

Karen Pittman shares thoughts about the recent Ready by 21 National Meeting, which brought to New Orleans more than 450 leaders from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii to learn, share, dine, meet, dance and get inspired. 

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood, Youth Involvement

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

When It Comes to Non-Cognitive Skills, Enthusiasm and Caution Collide

April 05, 2015

Can we talk about what we don’t test? “The evidence is overwhelming that, whatever they’re called, skills beyond those captured by test scores play a critical role in supporting student success in school and in life,” Brookings fellow and Harvard professor Martin West said this week at an event sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood, Using Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

"Our Kids" is about Our Responsibility

March 12, 2015

A few years ago, I had the chance to spend a few hours with Bob Putnam at his house in New Hampshire.  We talked about a book he was working on, which he had actually delayed his retirement to write.  Bob had become increasingly troubled by what he observed, and what the data confirms—that we have a growing “opportunity gap” for America’s young people.  

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

This work matters!

March 09, 2015

In South Hampton Roads, VA, we have 21,000 children living in extreme poverty. Education is the way out of poverty. And poverty is the enemy of education. Our initiative, United for Children, is a public-private partnership focused on driving educational success for our poorest children to break the cycle of poverty. Our goal is to get them to graduate high school on time, ready for college or career and ultimately a successful, self-sufficient life.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood

promises: A Healthy Start, Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign