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Five Reasons I’m Optimistic About the Class of 2020

September 08, 2016

I don’t have teenage kids any more, but I do have a special interest in the nearly 4 million kids who are just starting high school right now. Back in 2010, the GradNation campaign set a goal of 90 percent high school graduation by 2020, and we’ve made great progress since then, reaching an all-time high graduation rate of 82.3 percent. 

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data

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

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

Report: Student Homelessness Grows Dramatically—But Support Doesn’t

June 16, 2016

The number of homeless students in the United States has grown dramatically, and the majority of them aren’t getting the support they need to graduate high school, a new report found. Hidden in Plain Sight: Homeless Students in America’s Public Schools examines student homelessness through interviews and students with more than 200 young people who are or have been homeless.

Type: News

TAG: Homeless Youth, Special Populations, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Center for Promise

Action Platform: Greater Stark County Urban League

Hidden in Plain Sight

June 13, 2016

This report examines the growing problem of student homelessness by interviewing and surveying currently and formerly homeless students and the state coordinators and local liaisons assigned to help them. Written by a team of researchers at Civic Enterprises, a public policy and strategy firm, in association with Hart Research Associates, the study was released by America’s Promise Alliance, a leader of the GradNation campaign.

Type: Report

TAG: Special Populations, Grad Rate Data, ESSA

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

channels: Mentoring

SOURCE: Civic

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Closing the Gaps for English-Language Learners and Homeless Students

June 01, 2016

The campaign’s focus is on narrowing graduation gaps for all subgroups. This summer, we’re starting by focusing on two groups of students with a long way to go to reach 90 -- English-language learners and homeless students. And we need your help.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Special Populations

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Making Sense of High School Graduation Rates

February 25, 2016

High school graduation rates have been the source of a lot of news coverage – and conflicting emotions – in the past few weeks. President Obama and more than a dozen governors hailed increasing graduation rates in their annual addresses. At the same time, leading journalists and policy wonks have raised questions about those very gains and about the value of a high school diploma.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Using Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Do Comprehensive Community Initiatives Work?

January 25, 2016

What’s the best way for communities, especially economically disadvantaged ones, to create a comprehensive continuum of education programs and family supports that help each child thrive academically, socially, emotionally and vocationally?

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement, Using Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR, 2013-14) for Students with Disabilities (SWD) versus Non-SWD Students Table

January 21, 2016

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Type: Resource

TAG: Grad Rate Data

channels: Thriving

SOURCE: America's Promise Alliance

2016 Building a Grad Nation Data Brief

January 21, 2016

Type: Report

TAG: Using Data, Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

2013-14 Overall Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) Map

January 19, 2016

Type: Resource

TAG: Grad Rate Data

channels: Thriving

SOURCE: America's Promise Alliance

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