I'm Going Back: The Re-Engagement Experiences of Tucson Youth

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

I'm Going Back: The Re-Engagement Experiences of Tucson Youth was authored by Shannon Varga, Max Margolius, Catalina Tang Yan, Anna Skubel, Marissa L. Cole, and Jonathan F. Zaff, at the Center for…

Recess Checkup

Monday, December 3, 2018

Recess Lab

Monday, December 3, 2018

Podcast: Health Centers & Schools Uniting for Young Students’ Success

Friday, November 9, 2018

Many health centers across the country are building partnerships with schools to expand access to quality care and address the powerful social, environmental, and economic conditions that unjustly…

Creating Policies to Support Healthy Schools: Policymaker, Educator, and Student Perspectives

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Initiatives focused on improving aspects of students’ well-being in schools—such as addressing childhood obesity, preventing bullying, and restricting schools’ use of exclusionary discipline—are…

Great American High School: Reforming the Nation’s Remaining Low-Performing High Schools

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Disciplined and Disconnected

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Disciplinary actions in schools often represent a missed opportunity. In many cases, the systems in place are purely reactive and lack a preventative component to address student behavior.…

2018 Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Raising High School Graduation Rates

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Authored by Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, and released annually in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education and America’s Promise…

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

Thursday, 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…

The Promise of Comprehensive Community Initiatives

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) are a potentially promising way to organize supports throughout a community and have attracted interest from philanthropy and public policymakers.…

Closing the Graduation Gap: Progress and Challenge in Raising High School Graduation Rates in Indiana

Monday, November 27, 2017

In 2015, Indiana had both the highest high school graduation rates of any state in the nation at 87.1 percent, and the narrowest graduation gap—4.5 percentage points—between low-income and non-low-…

Healthy Schools Research

Friday, September 1, 2017

When schools are a healthy environment to learn and grow, we have a better chance of raising a generation of strong and vibrant students who are prepared to succeed in life.

Paper Thin? Why All High School Diplomas Are Not Created Equal

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Paper Thin? Why All High School Diplomas Are Not Created Equal provides a state-by-state analysis of the different types of diplomas that states awarded to the Class of 2014 and the impact on…

I Came Here to Learn

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Students whose First Language is Not English (FLNE) make up the fastest growing segment of public school students across the country. In Massachusetts, one in five students is classified as FLNE.…

2017 Building a Grad Nation Report

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Authored by Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, and released annually in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education and America’s Promise…

Barriers to Success

Thursday, March 30, 2017

While many young people in America continue to be bombarded by severe adversity, few receive the supports and resources they need to cope and succeed.

Relationships Come First: How Four Career Development and Workforce Readiness Programs Prepare Young People for Work and Life

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Closing the College Gap: A Roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

As the United States' advantage in educational attainment continues to decline, Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University joined together to release Closing the…

Barriers to Wellness

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

This report provides new insights into the obstacles to wellness young people of color face in five cities and brings young people’s voices and views into the discussion about what affects their…

Are High School Graduation Gains Real?

Monday, October 10, 2016

Experts at the GradNation campaign – led by America’s Promise Ailliance, Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University and the Alliance for Excellent Education –

Who’s Minding the Neighborhood?

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The role of adult capacity in keeping young people on a path to graduation  

2015 Building a Grad Nation Report

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Released annually, by the Alliance for Excellent Education, America’s Promise Alliance,, Civic Enterprises, and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, shows detailed progress…

Dispelling Stereotypes of Young People Who Leave School Before Graduation

Monday, September 19, 2016

Part of the Don’t Call Them Dropouts series of research, Dispelling S

Hidden in Plain Sight

Monday, June 13, 2016

This report examines the growing problem of student homelessness by interviewing and surveying currently and formerly homeless students and the state coordinators and local liaisons assigned to help…

2016 Building a Grad Nation Report

Monday, May 9, 2016

Written annually by Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, and released in partnership with America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent…

2016 Building a Grad Nation Data Brief

Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Building a Grad Nation Data Brief highlights state high school graduation rate trends, with a focus on the graduation rates for key groups of students. For the first time, the Data Brief includes…