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Early Warning and Response Systems, GradNation, Robert Balfanz | Comments

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 […]

Joanna H. Fox, Reports | Comments

For All Kids, How Kentucky is Closing the High School Graduation Gap for Low-Income Students

For All Kids, How Kentucky is Closing the High School Graduation Gap for Low-income Students, takes an in-depth look at the state’s campaign to bring educational equity to all students. Despite an above-average poverty level, Kentucky is a leader in closing the gap between the number of low-income and non-low-income graduates, and has one of […]

Douglas Mac Iver, Martha Abele Mac Iver, Reports | Comments

Building A College Readiness Indicator System: Progress in the Dallas Independent School District

The Dallas Independent School District has been one of the pioneers nationally in creating a systemic district-wide initiative to develop measurable indicators of college readiness at the individual, school, and district level and to build the leadership commitment, data infrastructure, adult capacity, supports, interventions, and outreach efforts to increase college readiness and college access for […]

Robert Balfanz | Comments

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. […]

Brother's Keeper, Capacity Building, Joanna H. Fox, Publications, Reports, Robert Balfanz, Vaughan Byrnes | Comments

2014 Building a Grad Nation Report

This fifth annual update on America’s high school dropout crisis shows that, for the first time in history, the nation has crossed the 80 percent high school graduation rate threshold and remains on pace, for the second year in a row, to meet the goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate by the […]

Capacity Building, Joanna H. Fox, Publications, Reports, Robert Balfanz | Comments

2013 Building a Grad Nation Report

This fourth annual update on America’s high school dropout crisis shows that for the first time the nation is on track to meet the goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate by the Class of 2020—if the pace of improvement from 2006 to 2010 is sustained over the next 10 years. The greatest […]