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An Uncomfortable Truth: Too Many Young People Experience Fear Every Day In America

December 06, 2016

While the recent campaign and election moved fear to the forefront in a great many households, the uncomfortable truth is that for far too many young people in America fear for personal safety is an everyday occurrence.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Career Pathways, Grad Rate Data, Funding Opportunities

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

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Ann Arbor Summit Gets Creative with Youth Engagement

November 03, 2016

“Our hope was to provide an outlet for youth and adults across Washtenaw County to come together for interactive and engaging programming,” said Kelsey Cavanagh-Strong of Neutral Zone, describing the GradNation Community Summit they hosted in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Oct. 20.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement, Using Data

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Community Summits

Sarasota Summit Offers More than One Path for Post-High School Success

November 03, 2016

“Eyebrows shot up and mouths dropped open as about 100 local high school students calculated how much more money they could make with a bachelor's degree than as high school dropouts,” the Herald Tribune recently wrote, reporting on the GradNation Community Summit held in Sarasota County.

Type: News

TAG: Career Pathways, Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement

promises: Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

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

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

GradNation Campaign Encouraged by Record U.S. High School Graduation Rate

October 17, 2016

Today the White House and U.S. Department of Education announced that the nation’s high school graduation rate now stands at a record high, up from 82.3 percent in 2014 to 83.2 percent for 2015.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data, ESSA

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

channels: Thriving

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

New Study Finds that for Every Seven More Adults in a Neighborhood, One Fewer Young Person Leaves School

October 10, 2016

The more adults in a community, the more young people stay on a path toward academic success, regardless of other factors that influence a young person’s educational trajectory, according to new research released today by the Center for Promise, the research institute of America’s Promise Alliance.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data, Black/African-American

promises: Caring Adults

channels: Family Engagement

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Press Release Type: Press Release

2015 Building a Grad Nation Report

October 04, 2016

Type: Report

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

SOURCE: Civic, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, Alliance for Excellent Education, America's Promise Alliance

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Youth Voice: None of My Teachers Knew I was Homeless. They Should Have.

September 22, 2016

As a homeless student, icebreakers were always tough for me. If my classmates asked about my family or tried to organize sleepovers, I couldn’t tell them that me and my younger sister didn’t have a place to live. I was afraid that if they knew, they would take her away from me.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Special Populations, Youth Voice, Homeless Youth

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign