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Closing the College Gap: A Roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment
In just over a decade, the nation witnessed a 77 percent increase in associate degrees and a 51 percent increase in bachelor’s degrees – debunking the notion that high school completion is not leading to college completion, according to new research from Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of […]
The Education of Omarina – The Story Continues
In PART THREE of The Education of Omarina, FRONTLINE continues the story they have been following since 2012. The story shows how an innovative program to stem the high school dropout crisis has affected one girl’s journey, from a public middle school in the Bronx to an elite New England private school, and now on to college. Watch part three […]
Everyone Graduates Center Roadmap to Evidence Based Reform for Low Graduation Rate High Schools
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that states and districts implement evidence based reform in low graduation rate high schools. Specifically, they are required to conduct needs assessments for high schools with graduation rates of 67% or less and then assemble a set of evidence based practices and reforms that address the identified needs […]
Preventing Missed Opportunity: Taking Collective Action to Confront Chronic Absence
Chronic absence is a national crisis that cannot be ignored. A day lost to school absenteeism is a day lost to learning. It is a challenge affecting learning in nearly every state. This brief, a partnering between Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center, builds on the first national chronic absence data set from the U.S. […]
2016 Building a Grad Nation Report
The 2016 Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic report is co-authored by Jennifer DePaoli and John Bridgeland of Civic Enterprises and Robert Balfanz and his team at the Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. The 2016 report is presented by lead sponsor […]
The White House Launches New National Effort and Ad Council Campaign to Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism and Drive Student Success
February 19, 2016, the White House and the U.S. Department of Education announced two groundbreaking campaigns to address and eliminate chronic student absenteeism in this country: the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Success Mentors Initiative — with 10 initial participating cities — and a multi-million dollar Ad Council campaign to engage parents on this critical issue. […]
Want To Make A School Better?
Bob Balfanz cites chronic absenteeism as “the biggest thing in school improvement that people have not paid attention to” on NPR’s Morning Edition. Click here to listen to the NPR broadcast, “Want to Make A School Better? Get Kids to Show Up”
Every Student, Every Day
Every Student, Every Day: A Virtual Summit on Addressing and Eliminating Chronic Absence. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Attendance Works, Everybody Graduates Center and United Way Worldwide, this online summit outlines key steps that states, districts and communities can take to improve student achievement by monitoring and reducing chronic absence. Click here to […]
2015 Building a Grad Nation Report
Too many students are trapped in failing schools or in communities of intergenerational poverty with too few ways out. This sixth annual report to the nation highlights the significant progress that has been made, but also the serious challenges that remain – closing gaping graduation gaps between various student populations; tackling the challenge in key […]
A Rising Tide of Graduation Rates
John Bridgeland, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council & CEO of Civic Enterprises, and Robert Balfanz, Director of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, are co-authors of an Executive Brief on high school graduation rates and trends. The pair authored an op/ed on Huffington Post Education March 17, 2015. Recent […]
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