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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

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

U.S. High School Graduation Rate Hits New Record High

February 12, 2015

“The latest national graduation number – 81 percent - shows that the country is continuing to make progress on increasing on-time high school graduation rates, and that means more young people will have the chance for a promising future,” said John Gomperts, president & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, leader of the GradNation campaign to reach a 90 percent on-time high school graduation rate by 2020.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Memphis City Leaders, Students Gather for GradNation Community Summit

January 22, 2015

The city of Memphis held its GradNation Community Summit September 12, 2014 at Christian Brothers University, bringing together 450 students from four local high schools, and more than 50 leaders including Mayor AC Wharton, Jr., Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson, Achievement School District superintendent Chris Barbic, Data Quality Campaign associate director Chris Kingsley, and National Leag

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Community Summits, GradNation Campaign

Newark Focuses on Re-Engaging Disconnected Youth

December 17, 2014

On December 11th and 12th Newark community members gathered to develop a strategic plan for stemming the tide of young people who leave school prior to graduation and to reclaim the approximately 4,000 youth in Newark aged 16-21 without a high school diploma as the first step in our goal of expanding educational pathways for disconnected youth.  More than 300 community officials, business leaders, educators, parents and youth attended the highly successful Summit on the campus of Rutgers University-Newark to embark upon a multi-year and citywide collective impact process to increase the num

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

Albuquerque brings leaders together for goal of 60,000 new college grads

August 07, 2014

By Kelly Koepke Mission? Add 60,000 new college degrees and certificates to central New Mexico by 2020. That’s the challenge 100 educators, community and business leaders, speakers and students gathered to support on August 2 at the first GradNation Community Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Type: News

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Community Summits, GradNation State Activation

It’s never too late to get your diploma

July 24, 2014

I first met Maridee, a 56 year old cafeteria worker at a local hospital, a year ago. Every week, after working a 12 hour shift, she would attend a tutoring session with me. She was working towards her GED.   Throughout the year, after working page after page in her GED workbooks, I got to know Maridee on a personal level. She went from becoming one of my students to a dear friend.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Let’s change our language and our actions

July 22, 2014

I have always been intrigued by how word choice and language can impact an outcome. Often, by choosing our words more carefully we can change a disagreement to a mutual understanding or – better yet – a solution.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Don’t Call Them Dropouts: Our Partners Are Changing the Conversation

July 03, 2014

Six weeks have passed since America’s Promise Alliance releasedDon’t Call Them Dropouts. We are heartened to see so many friends, partners and allies joining us in this important conversation about how to support young people who have left school so that they can realize their potential as students, workers, and citizens. Here are just a few partners who are joining the conversation:

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

Grad rates up, but still work to do

June 16, 2014

The recent release of federal data showing the U.S. high school graduation rate has hit 80 percent is fantastic news. For the first time in our nation’s history, 4 out of 5 students earned a high school diploma within four years of beginning 9th grade. That’s huge. If this rate is upheld, we could see a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020. That would be momentous.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Grad Rate Data, Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign