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January: A Month of Opportunity

January 25, 2019

The opportunities for young people to do meaningful service and reap those benefits are inequitably distributed, just as are access to a multitude of caring adults, a healthy start in life, an excellent education and safe places to learn and grow. These are the promises that every child needs to thrive and we as adults need to provide.

Type: Opinion

promises: Opportunities to Help Others, Caring Adults

Giving hope to youth in foster care – and their families, too

January 16, 2019

Right now, more than 437,000 children in the United States are in the foster care system – and even more alarming is the fact that this number has increased by 10 percent since 2012 and continues to grow.

Type: Opinion

promises: Safe Places, Effective Education, Caring Adults

Curriculum for change: Addressing students’ social and emotional needs

January 15, 2019

A new report released today, From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope, helps answer the question: “How do we as a country shift from focusing purely on academics to fostering young people’s social and emotional growth, too?”

Type: Opinion

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

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy, GradNation Campaign

Statement by John Gomperts of America’s Promise Alliance on U.S. Department of Education Decision to Rescind 2014 Discipline Guidance

December 20, 2018

The 2014 guidance encouraged safety and dignity over exclusion, and more importantly helped to create learning environments free from the racial inequities caused by exclusionary discipline – so all young people can thrive.

Type: Press Release

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults, Safe Places

Press Release Type: Press Release

Community Leader Spotlight with Tanya Tucker from America’s Promise

November 26, 2018

Tanya’s work with America’s Promise began in 2005 directing the planning and execution of professional development events designed to encourage greater focus and collaboration within communities to see that all young people receive the Five Promises.

Type: News

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Edutopia - How Learning Happens Video Series

November 16, 2018

This video series, featuring Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of Learning Policy Institute, and Pamela Cantor, MD, founder and senior science advisor of Turnaround for Children, pairs research insights with a variety of illustrative strategies from schools, all grounded in the science of human learning and development. 

Type: Resource

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

channels: Social and Emotional Learning

SOURCE: Edutopia

campaigns & initiatives: How Learning Happens

America’s Promise Alliance Launches ‘Every School Healthy’ Campaign to Fuel Movement to Create Healthy Schools Across the Country

November 15, 2018

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation's largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, today announced the launch of the ‘Every School Healthy’ campaign to create healthy and safe schools where all young people can thrive.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Healthy Schools

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

channels: Health and Wellness

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

Press Release Type: Press Release

New Report Identifies Policy Opportunities to Build Healthier Schools

November 14, 2018

One major challenge to achieving a higher baseline of student health across U.S. schools? According to advocates, it’s that federal and state policymakers respond to particular moments of public crisis by passing narrow and targeted measures rather than considering the whole child.

Type: News

TAG: Healthy Schools

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

campaigns & initiatives: Every School Healthy

What’s Working: How to Be Culturally Sensitive in the Classroom

October 26, 2018

Teachers should go beyond making diversity days holidays filled with flags, food, and language and focus on global fluency—the knowledge, skills, and mindset needed to live and work effectively and successfully in a globally connected world.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Reducing Suspensions Is Not Enough

October 03, 2018

[Some] students report they are still being removed from their classes, even if those removals are no longer being called suspensions. By simply eliminating suspension without providing anything in its place, students aren’t given access to any additional support or resources, and teachers lose autonomy and control over their own classrooms.

Type: Opinion

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise