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1/26/2012
The Building a Grad Nation Summit, taking place on March 18-21, is the premier annual event of Grad Nation, the growing movement of dedicated organizations, individuals and communities working to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce. Registration is now open for the Summit, which is free of charge.
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1/26/2012
The statistics on opportunity youth ages 16-24, who are neither enrolled in school nor working, are highlighted in a new study by Columbia University researchers titled The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth. The study takes into account a variety of behaviors and outcomes of the actions of youth in this group and concludes that out-of-school and out-of-work youth will have an economic impact of 1.3 trillion dollars on the United States in their lifetime.
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1/26/2012
America’s Promise recently convened representatives from ten Grad Nation Communities in Jackson, Miss. Hosted by the United Way of the Capital Area and Operation Shoestring, the purpose of the meeting was to facilitate the sharing of promising practices, provide networking opportunities, and to learn about the successful dropout prevention strategies that have been implemented in Jackson to help students stay in school and graduate from high school prepared to succeed.
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1/26/2012
Building upon a growing movement, the Alliance for Excellent Education and its partners are calling on teachers, schools, principals, community leaders, parents and students to participate in the first-ever national Digital Learning Day on February 1, 2012. The Day will celebrate innovative teaching practices that make learning more personalized and engaging and encourage exploration of how digital learning can provide more students with more opportunities to get the skills they need to succeed in college, a career and life. America’s Promise Alliance is a core partner in the effort.
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1/26/2012
The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. These grants are not offered through America's Promise Alliance, but they each relate to our Five Promises. If you have questions about these opportunities, please follow the links provided in each item.
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1/19/2012
The Building a Grad Nation Summit, taking place on March 18-21, is the premier annual event of Grad Nation, the growing movement of dedicated organizations, individuals and communities working to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce. There is no fee to attend the Summit.
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1/19/2012
The beginning of the new year marks an important event in the world of youth development – the start of National Mentoring Month. Since 2002, when the occasion was first marked by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and the Harvard School of Public Health, every January has been recognized as a time to celebrate the adults in our children’s lives who help guide them into adolescence and beyond. The mark these supporters place on America’s youth is invaluable, as evidenced by higher rates of school attendance, lower rates of drinking and drug abuse, and a stronger likelihood to go on to higher education among children who meet frequently with a mentor.
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1/19/2012
Building upon a growing movement, the Alliance for Excellent Education and its partners are calling on teachers, schools, principals, community leaders, parents and students to participate in the first-ever national Digital Learning Day on February 1, 2012. The Day will celebrate innovative teaching practices that make learning more personalized and engaging and encourage exploration of how digital learning can provide more students with more opportunities to get the skills they need to succeed in college, a career and life. America’s Promise Alliance is a core partner in the effort.
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1/19/2012
America’s Promise recently convened representatives from ten Grad Nation Communities in Jackson, Miss. Hosted by the United Way of the Capital Area and Operation Shoestring, the purpose of the meeting was to facilitate the sharing of promising practices, provide networking opportunities, and to learn about the successful dropout prevention strategies that have been implemented in Jackson to help students stay in school and graduate from high school prepared to succeed.
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1/19/2012
The Partnership for America’s Economic Success officially became a part of America’s Promise Alliance on January 1. A seasoned coalition of national and state business leaders focused on ensuring public investment in proven early childhood programs, the Partnership was a project created and overseen for the past five years by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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1/19/2012
A national survey and research report recently released by America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises and Peter D. Hart Research Associates shows that nearly three in four (73 percent) of youth ages 16-24 who are not enrolled in school, are unemployed and do not have a college degree are confident and hopeful that they will be able to achieve their goals in life. These findings were unveiled as part of a White House Summer Jobs Plus event earlier this month where America’s Promise Chair Mrs. Alma Powell and Civic Enterprises CEO John Bridgeland, among others, made the case for summer jobs to connect low-income and disconnected youth to employment opportunities.
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1/18/2012
The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. These grants are not offered through America's Promise Alliance, but they each relate to our Five Promises. If you have questions about these opportunities, please follow the links provided in each item.
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1/12/2012
From January 23 to 27, the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is sponsoring the annual, national No Name-Calling Week. The Week is a response to the bullying and taunting that too often permeates American schools, and aims to bring attention to the harmful effects name calling can have. The project focuses on creating a lasting dialogue between students and teachers to eventually eliminate name calling where it is present in order to provide a safe learning environment for everyone.
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1/12/2012
The Partnership for America’s Economic Success officially became a part of America’s Promise Alliance on January 1. A seasoned coalition of national and state business leaders focused on ensuring public investment in proven early childhood programs, the Partnership was a project created and overseen for the past five years by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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1/12/2012
A national survey and research report released today by America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises and Peter D. Hart Research Associates shows that nearly three in four (73 percent) of youth ages 16-24 who are not enrolled in school, are unemployed and do not have a college degree are confident and hopeful that they will be able to achieve their goals in life. These findings were unveiled as part of a White House Summer Jobs Plus event earlier where America’s Promise Chair Mrs. Alma Powell and Civic Enterprises CEO John Bridgeland, among others, made the case for summer jobs to connect low-income and disconnected youth to employment opportunities.
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1/12/2012
The beginning of the New Year marks an important time in the world of youth development — the start of National Mentoring Month. Since 2002, when the occasion was first marked by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and the Harvard School of Public Health, every January has been recognized as a time to celebrate the adults in children’s lives who help guide them into adolescence and beyond. The mark these supporters place on America’s youth is invaluable, as evidenced by higher rates of school attendance, lower rates of drinking and drug abuse, and a stronger likelihood to go on to higher education among children who meet frequently with a mentor.
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1/12/2012
The Afterschool Alliance has launched a new campaign seeking examples of success in afterschool programs across the country. The campaign entails a short survey where participants are automatically entered into a drawing to win one of two Kindle Fires or one of 50 $10 iTunes gift certificates. The survey submission deadline is January 18.
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1/12/2012
Applications for the 2012 Excellence in Summer Learning Award are now available. The award, presented annually by the National Summer Learning Association, honors programs which demonstrate outstanding ability to advance academic success and encourage healthy development for youth in grades K-12. The application deadline is February 10.
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1/12/2012
The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. These grants are not offered through America's Promise Alliance, but they each relate to our Five Promises. If you have questions about these opportunities, please follow the links provided in each item.
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12/15/2011
Target Corporation, with help from The Ellen DeGeneres Show and its viewers, will select 50 schools in need to each receive a $100,000 grant. The $5 million donation from Target to local K-12 schools across the country is part of the company’s commitment to education, which includes plans to give $1 billion for education by the end of 2015.
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12/15/2011
Based on the belief that solutions to community problems exist within the community, the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona (UWTSA) and a variety of partners are committed to working together to improve outcomes for children and youth in Pima County. Focused on early childhood education and youth development, the UWTSA coordinates initiatives to ensure that young people are able to make a successful transition to adulthood. UWTSA and its community partners use a broad range of strategies to improve the well-being of children in Pima County to make certain they are prepared to learn and succeed in school and life.
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12/15/2011
Grad Nation is a national movement to transform awareness of the dropout crisis into sustained, results-driven action. One way to join the Grad Nation effort is to become a mentor. National Mentoring Month (NMM), held for the past ten years in January, raises awareness about the important role mentoring can play in academic engagement and draws a spotlight on the positive effect mentoring can have on young lives. Together, the Harvard School of Public Health, MENTOR and the Corporation for National and Community Service are working to focus national attention on the need for mentors.