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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

Post cards from boys and girls cluib

July 11, 2017

The Limits that Language and Assumptions Place on Young People with Disabilities
When Tiffany Yu was only 9 years old, she was in a car accident that changed her life in two inalterable ways. First, Yu suffered severe nerve damage that limits the use of her right arm to this day, a condition called brachial plexus palsy.
FMU students

July 10, 2017

A Security Guard, a Flyer, and a Second Chance
Esperanzita Castillo, 20, dropped out of school when she was in the sixth grade. By September of 2015, she was out of school, out of work, and seemingly out of options. And then, a security guard at a local career service center handed her a flyer for a program that would change her life.
Funding Squared

July 10, 2017

Funding Opportunities
The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. These grants are not offered through America's Promise Alliance, but they each relate to our Five Promises.
Pathways 2

June 28, 2017

Why Students Need More than One Pathway to Success
America’s Promise Alliance hosted the Twitter chat, an ongoing series focused on the Five Promises, the fundamental resources all children need to succeed—caring adults, safe places, a healthy start, effective education, and opportunities to serve. 
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Opinion Insights from thought leaders

Erin White

Erin White

Senior Director America's Promise Alliance
Boys and girls club

July 13, 2017

Changing the Narrative Around Relationships
Kids of all ages need adults in their lives who care about them. It’s a fundamental, common-sense sort of truth. And yet, the importance of these relationships is often overlooked and misunderstood.
Ivan

Ivan*

Student
Faceless student walking down hallway

July 11, 2017

Youth Voice: We Must Never Give Up
Whether it’s learning English or challenging the negative stereotypes of being an immigrant, one young man demonstrates the importance of persistence, courage, and hope in hard times in this moving personal narrative.
Robert Alvarado

Robert Alvarado

AmeriCorps member
Overcoming Fear: Mentoring's Challenges and Rewards

June 28, 2017

Overcoming Fear: Mentoring's Challenges and Rewards
“What is an irrational fear you have?” This was a question I asked Manuel,* a tenth-grade student I mentored during my year of service as a City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps member. It was part of a game I introduced to get him engaged in our time together.
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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