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100 GradNation Community Summits Completed

03/17/17

100 GradNation Community Summits Completed
America’s Promise believes that true change happens at the local level. So when we launched the GradNation Community Summits initiative in 2013, we wanted to support and fuel collaborative, community-based efforts to raise high school graduation rates and increase post-secondary enrollment.
None of My Teachers Knew I was Homeless. They Should Have.

09/22/16

Caitlin Cheney

Caitlin Cheney

2012 Scholar, NAEHCY
Youth Voice: None of My Teachers Knew I was Homeless. They Should Have.
As a homeless student, icebreakers were always tough for me. If my classmates asked about my family or tried to organize sleepovers, I couldn’t tell them that me and my younger sister didn’t have a place to live. I was afraid that if they knew, they would take her away from me.

News Articles relevant to America's youth

High School graduates

June 22, 2017

How One High School Defied the Odds to Have Every Student Accepted to College
Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., made national headlines when 100 percent of their 190 seniors applied to college and got accepted. School officials and students discussed the keys to their success at an event celebrating their success on June 15.
CollegeTracks

June 19, 2017

An Investment in Students is an Investment in Communities: Community Leader Spotlight with Nancy Leopold
Turning dreams of college into reality is the foundation of CollegeTracks’ work, a nonprofit organization that helps students manage the challenges of the college experience so they persist, graduate, and find a path that allows them to achieve independence, support families, and give back to the community. 
America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes Comfort Cases Squared

June 15, 2017

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes Comfort Cases
Comfort Cases is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides children ages 0-21 who are in the foster care system with a case filled with essential and comfort items. They primarily serve families and communities in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia and hope to provide needed support to foster kids across the country in the years ahead.
America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes College in High School Alliance Squared

June 15, 2017

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes College in High School Alliance
The College in High School Alliance (CHSA) is a coalition of leading national and state organizations committed to policies that support high-quality dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and early college high schools. Their lead members include Bard College, Jobs for the Future, Knowledge Works, Middle College National Consortium, and National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships.
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Opinion Insights from thought leaders

Sanah Jivani

Sanah Jivani

Sophomore University of Texas at San Antonio
Sanah

June 22, 2017

American Dream at Risk? To Invest in Youth, Focus on Their Well-being
Is the American Dream at risk? To mark the 20th anniversary of America’s Promise Alliance – and to support our campaign to encourage people, organizations, and communities to #Recommit2Kids – we asked our youth leaders to reflect on this question. This perspective is the third in a special series on the topic. For more perspectives, read Here is Where Hope Lies and When the American Dream Turns Into American Need.
Erin White

Erin White

Senior Director America's Promise Alliance
Five Programs that Build Relationships header

June 14, 2017

Five Programs that Build Relationships
Whether it's a parent, mentor, guidance counselor, coach, or neighbor, a caring adult can serve as the primary line of defense against adversity in the lives of young people.
Mentoring
Lisa Early

Lisa Early

Director, Families Parks & Recreation Department
How to Invest in Children, From Cradle to Career

June 06, 2017

What's Working: How to Invest in Children, From Cradle to Career
This article is part of the “What’s Working” series, which highlights promising practices for helping to close the graduation gap in communities and states across the country. Let’s start in 2009, wi
Mentoring
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Press Releases Resources for media professionals

Lesix Squared

May 11, 2017

Mientras la nación enfrenta el problema de la disparidad en la graduación, un nuevo estudio de investigación sobre los estudiantes de Massachusetts cuya lengua materna no es el inglés sugiere una vía hacia el progreso orientada por los jóvenes para educad

BOSTON, 11 de mayo de 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Los jóvenes cuya lengua materna no es el Inglés (FLNE por sus siglas en inglés) representan el segmento de más rápido crecimiento de pobl

Ivan

May 11, 2017

As Country Grapples with Graduation Gaps, New Research on Mass. Students Whose First Language is Not English Suggests Youth-Led Path Forward for Educators, Policymakers
Youth whose First Language is Not English (FLNE) represent the fastest growing segment of the United States public school population. Despite evidence that FLNE students display high levels of optimism and motivation for academic advancement, they continue to graduate at lower rates than the national average.
Los EE. UU. en riesgo de no alcanzar la meta de una tasa de graduación de la escuela secundaria del 90 por ciento para 2020

May 04, 2017

Los EE. UU. en riesgo de no alcanzar la meta de una tasa de graduación de la escuela secundaria del 90 por ciento para 2020

WASHINGTON, 4 de mayo de 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Desde 2001, 2.8 millones más de estudiantes se graduaron de la escuela secundaria en lugar de abandonar sus estudios.

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