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Character is Everything

April 02, 2018

In Wintley Phipps’ remarkable career as a vocal artist, he has sung in front of six U.S. presidents, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, and Oprah. As a minister, he’s delivered messages of equality and hope in almost every continent on the globe.

Type: News

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

What’s Working: Four Factors Fueling the Rise of Graduation Rates

March 22, 2018

In September 2017, the GradNation campaign released the Acceleration Grant opportunity to fund state- and community-level proposals poised to graduate students who are currently less likely to graduate from high school. Out of 106 applications, we were encouraged to see that communities and states are using these four factors to inform their work.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Family Engagement, Using Data, Grad Rate Data

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation Acceleration Initiative

Action Platform: Greater Stark County Urban League, Central Georgia Technical College Foundation 

America's Promise Honors Six Exceptional Leaders at Fourth Annual Promise Night Gala

March 16, 2018

America’s Promise Alliance will honor six exceptional leaders with its Promise of America and Promise Hero Awards on April 18.  The awards will be presented by General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret) and Alma Powell, the founding chair and chair of America’s Promise, at the fourth annual Promise Night Gala which will be held at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

Type: Press Release

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

Press Release Type: Press Release

Community Leader Spotlight: ImpactTulsa

March 13, 2018

Alex Paschal, Manager of Community Engagement for ImpactTulsa, is “motivated by the vision of ensuring all students are guaranteed a high-quality education and a pathway to thrive.” That’s why Paschal and the team at ImpactTulsa are helping more students finish high school prepared with the resources they need for postsecondary success.

Type: News

TAG: College and Career Readiness

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Today's Entitled Youth

March 08, 2018

It’s a common, easy thing to dismiss young people who demand a better world than the one they were born into as arrogant, spoiled, and even naïve. Yet the Parkland students and too many other young people like them have survived extreme trauma and emerged braver, wiser, and more mature than anyone should have to be at their age. That does make them entitled—to share their story, get an education without fearing for their lives, and, one would hope, have adults listen.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement, Youth Voice, Safe Schools

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

A Two-Generation Approach

March 07, 2018

"Parents are their children’s first teacher,” NAZ President and CEO Sondra Samuels says. “An army of empowered parents are also the fuel needed to put pressure on systems to remove barriers to their families’ overall success and their children’s academic and life success."

Type: News

TAG: Career Pathways, Early Childhood, Using Data, Family Engagement, Youth Involvement, College and Career Readiness, Low-Income

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

Trauma-Informed Care Initiatives Show Promise for Improving Practice in the Child Welfare System

March 06, 2018

Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) provides children’s care teams with the tools and knowledge they need to better care for children, as well as a common language for addressing trauma.

Type: News

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Mentorships Critical to the Success of the 21st Century Workforce

February 28, 2018

America’s Promise and Milton Hershey School call on schools and other organizations to better collaborate by establishing partnerships that share knowledge, teach essential workplace skills, and create lifelong role models for the young people who make up our next workforce. We all have an obligation to prepare young adults for the competitive global job market they will enter post-graduation.

Type: Opinion

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

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

When Youth Feel Unsafe: Brief Insights on the Cognitive and Academic Effects of Exposure to Violence

February 22, 2018

This Point of View brief from the Center for Promise provides research insights on a particularly timely topic - violence in America's schools - that is impacting young people in America. Learn more about this topic by reading this brief

Type: Resource

TAG: Gun Safety, Safe Schools, Mental Health, Healthy Schools

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Effective Education

channels: Health and Wellness

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign, Every School Healthy

Action Platform: School Climate

Community Leader Spotlight: Families In Schools

February 15, 2018

Within the national debate on how to increase college graduates, a key actor is missing—the families of those students being served. Usually, the families are perceived as ‘obstacles’ in helping first generation students access and complete a post-secondary education.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign