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“Why Do the White Teachers Always Quit?"

August 07, 2018

Students began listing the names of teachers who had left in the middle of the year, all of them white. Ninety-eight percent of students were children of color, mostly Latino, and 86 percent qualified for free or reduced-priced lunch. It had not escaped them that the majority of teachers who had quit did not look like them.

Type: Opinion

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

If teachers aren’t equipped to help trauma victims, students suffer. Learn from my story.

July 26, 2018

It took one of my kindergarten students, Andrew, to help me figure out how to handle my toughest teaching challenge.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Safe Schools, School Discipline

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

How My Brother’s Keeper Puts Youth at the Forefront of Community Change

July 25, 2018

At a recent Town Hall event, leaders of the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative shared three key principles for closing the persistent opportunity gaps for boys and young men of color.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults

Advice about how to raise the high school graduation rate — from students themselves

July 24, 2018

If you want to know what young people need to succeed, it turns out you should just ask them. They’ll tell you. And they’ll make it clear that neither miracles nor miracle workers are required to help more students graduate from high school and be prepared for the future.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Voice

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

America’s Promise Welcomes Four New Partners

July 19, 2018

America's Promise welcomes four new partners: Spark, All Our Children, The Foundation for Blended and Online Learning, and FSG have joined America’s Promise as alliance partners! Find out more about these organizations here.

Type: News

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

campaigns & initiatives: National Alliance

Five Youth Quotes on What It’s Like to Be Suspended or Expelled

July 12, 2018

“All you got to do is to get suspended one time and you’re labeled. I see it, like they follow the same kids around, like everybody knows, ‘Hey, those are the bad kid.’”

Type: News

TAG: Youth Voice, School Discipline, Healthy Schools

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation, Every School Healthy

Youth Share Three Ways to Fight Homelessness

June 26, 2018

What should teachers do if they suspect a student might be homeless? What about non-educators? Better yet, what can governors and legislators do to fight youth homelessness on a broad scale in their states and communities?

Type: News

TAG: Special Populations, Homeless Youth

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, Youth Voice: Homelessness

This Is Who We Are

June 21, 2018

As I have watched the news about the separation of families at the border, I can't help but think that this is a story that could have been my own. My parents both came to the United States as teenagers. My mom left El Salvador when she was 15 for the same reason most immigrants come to the United States—the American dream.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Early Childhood, Special Populations, Hispanic/Latino

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, A Healthy Start

Statement from America’s Promise on Forced Separation of Children at the U.S. Border

June 19, 2018

John Gomperts, president & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, has issued the following statement in response to the forced separation of children and parents at the U.S. border

Type: Press Release

promises: Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Caring Adults

Statement from America’s Promise on Forced Separation of Children at the U.S. Border

June 19, 2018

John Gomperts, president & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, has issued the following statement in response to the forced separation of children and parents at the U.S. border

Type: Opinion

promises: Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Caring Adults