President Barack Obama is joined by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and General Colin Powell as he announces plans to reduce dropout rates and prepare students for college and careers.
Grad Nation
Grad Nation is a large and growing movement of dedicated individuals, organizations and communities working together to end America’s dropout crisis. Grad Nation goals include achieving a 90 percent graduation rate nationwide by 2020, with no high school graduating less than 80 percent of its students, and regaining America’s standing as first in the world in college completion.
About
America’s Promise Alliance launched the Grad Nation campaign in 2010, building on 105 Dropout Prevention Summits we convened across the country to raise awareness and inspire action. Grad Nation is now a large and growing movement of dedicated individuals, organizations and communities working together to end America’s dropout crisis.
Building A Grad Nation Summit
Taking place February 24-26, 2013, the Building a Grad Nation Summit is the premier event of Grad Nation, our campaign to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce.Dropout Crisis Facts
The national high school graduation rate is 75 percent. Currently, one in four students drops out before he/she finishes high school. That’s one every 26 seconds or more than one million students a year.
Building a Grad Nation Report
The 2012 report update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic was released in March 2012 by the Alliance for Excellent Education, America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises, and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University. The report shows that we can end the dropout epidemic.Grad Nation Indicators
America’s Promise Alliance has adopted 10 nationally tracked indicators to gauge progress toward our Grad Nation goals of attaining a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020 and regaining America’s standing as first in the world in college completion. Together they reflect our commitment, based on extensive evidence, to providing the fundamental resources that children and youth need to thrive throughout the full continuum of their development. This approach to setting young people up for success comes through clearly in the Five Promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, and Opportunities to Make a Difference.
Tools and Reports
We recommend reveiwing the following materials to gain more understanding about the dropout crisis and graduation rates, nationally and in your local area.
