America's Promise Alliance

News & Features

President Obama joins America's Promise Alliance Grad Nation campaign announcement

On March 1, 2010, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington, DC, America’s Promise Alliance (the Alliance) publicly unveiled the next phase of our successful two-year Dropout Prevention Campaign – called the Grad Nation Campaign: Mobilizing America to End the Dropout Crisis. The announcement was part of a larger education event that Alliance Chair Alma Powell and Founding Chair Gen. Colin Powell participated in with President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to discuss strengthening our schools so the United States can once again become the world’s leader in college graduates.

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Teachers give their views on education reform in new report released by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Primary Sources: America’s Teachers on America’s Schools, a report presenting the results of a national survey of more than 40,000 public school teachers in grades pre-K to 12 was released March 3 by Scholastic Inc. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The survey reveals while teachers have high expectations for their students, they overwhelmingly agree that too many students are leaving unprepared for success beyond high school.

• Achieve releases fifth annual Closing the Expectations Gap report
• Funding Opportunities
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• America’s Promise Alliance joins President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education to address nation’s high school dropout & college-readiness crisis
• Register now to participate in the 100 Best Communities for Young People
• Alma Powell provides keynote lecture at Morehouse School of Medicine

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Events

5th Annual Reaching At-Promise Students National Conference

This conference addresses the education issues affecting the at-risk and struggling learner community. Join us as we focus on the most effective methods for increasing educational equity and access and promoting academic success for all students.

• Wisconsin Dropout Prevention Summit
• Baltimore Dropout Prevention Summit
• Dallas Dropout Prevention Summit
• Milwaukee Dropout Prevention Summit
• Center for Child and Family Policy 10-Year Anniversary Celebration
• Houston Dropout Prevention Summit

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