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Advocates Set New Goal to Graduate 90 Percent of Homeless Students by 2030, Enroll 60 Percent in College by 2034

March 05, 2018

Homelessness (ICPH), Civic Enterprises and America’s Promise Alliance launched Education Leads Home, a first-of-its-kind national campaign focused exclusively on addressing the needs of the 1.3 million homeless students enrolled in America’s public schools.

Type: Press Release

promises: Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Opportunities to Help Others

channels: Special Populations

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

Mientras la nación enfrenta el problema de la disparidad en la graduación, un nuevo estudio de investigación sobre los estudiantes de Massachusetts cuya lengua materna no es el inglés sugiere una vía hacia el progreso orientada por los jóvenes para educad

May 11, 2017

BOSTON, 11 de mayo de 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Los jóvenes cuya lengua materna no es el Inglés (FLNE por sus siglas en inglés) representan el segmento de más rápido crecimiento de población dentro de las escuelas públicas de los Estados Unidos. A pesar de que se ha demostrado que los estudiantes FLNE tienen un alto nivel de optimismo y motivación en lo que se relaciona con el progreso académico, los estudiantes FLNE siguen graduándose en un menor porcentaje que el promedio nacional. Muchos estados están buscando nuevas formas de apoyar a esta población estudiantil.

Type: Press Release

TAG: English Learners

promises: Effective Education

channels: Special Populations

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

Press Release Type: Press Release

I Came Here to Learn

May 11, 2017

Students whose First Language is Not English (FLNE) make up the fastest growing segment of public school students across the country. In Massachusetts, one in five students is classified as FLNE. This report explores their experiences, challenges, and hopes for the future.

Type: Report

TAG: Youth Voice

promises: Effective Education

channels: Special Populations, Grad Rate Data

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

As Country Grapples with Graduation Gaps, New Research on Mass. Students Whose First Language is Not English Suggests Youth-Led Path Forward for Educators, Policymakers

May 11, 2017

Youth whose First Language is Not English (FLNE) represent the fastest growing segment of the United States public school population. Despite evidence that FLNE students display high levels of optimism and motivation for academic advancement, they continue to graduate at lower rates than the national average.

Type: Press Release

TAG: English Learners, Youth Voice

promises: Effective Education

channels: Special Populations

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation, Center for Promise

Press Release Type: Press Release

GradNation Leaders Urge DeVos to Monitor Potential High School Graduation Rate “Loophole” Under Every Student Succeeds Act

April 10, 2017

As states begin to submit accountability and improvement systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Alliance for Excellent Education, America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises, and the Everyone Graduates Center, today outlined steps that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could take to continue to close high school graduation gaps between white students and students of color, students from low-income families, and other traditionally underserved groups of students.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Recommit2Kids

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

channels: Attendance

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

Closing the College Gap: A Roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment

December 07, 2016

As the United States' advantage in educational attainment continues to decline, Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University joined together to release Closing the College Gap: A Roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment.

Type: Report

TAG: College Gap, College and Career Readiness, GPA

promises: Caring Adults

channels: Attendance, College & Career

SOURCE: Civic, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Don’t Quit on Me

September 06, 2015

This report examines, from the perspective of young people themselves, the roles that relationships with adults and peers play in decisions about staying in, leaving and returning to high school.

Type: Report

TAG: Career Pathways

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

channels: Attendance, College & Career, Grad Rate Data

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Must be Present to Win: How Local Communities Can Encourage Student Attendance in September

September 04, 2014

Attendance Awareness Month is in September, but it’s never too early to start gathering your team. While most efforts begin naturally and logically with parents and school leaders, there are a number of other powerful allies who can play key roles and give a big boost to Attendance Awareness Month this fall.

Type: Resource

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places

channels: Attendance

SOURCE: Attendance Works, Civic, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Count Us In

September 04, 2014

Can we mark you “present?” America’s Promise Alliance, Attendance Works, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Points of Light and United Way Worldwide invite you to join us as we launch the second year of the Attendance Awareness Campaign, which designates September as Attendance Awareness Month. 

Type: Resource

promises: Effective Education

channels: Attendance

SOURCE: Attendance Works, Civic, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Count Us In Again

September 03, 2014

A Sneak Preview Inside this Resource How Volunteer Organizations Can Help Improve Attendance: 1. Volunteer organizations can partner with schools to reduce chronic absenteeism Corps 18 AmeriCorps Vista 2. Help create a culture of attendance through events and general messaging 3. Foster stronger family and student engagement

Type: Resource

promises: Effective Education

channels: Attendance

SOURCE: Attendance Works, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, United Way Worldwide