Grad Nation – Mobilizing America to End the Dropout Crisis

Grad Nation is a national movement to mobilize Americans to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce. It’s a call to action for concerned citizens, businesses, community leaders, policy makers, educators and the nation.

With leadership and focus, this is a solvable problem. Support for education reform is essential, but this alone is not enough. We must also build the public and political will necessary to sustain a successful national movement. And we must work together to see that more young people receive the fundamental resources they need to succeed. We call these the Five Promises.

If we focus on organizing communities to bring the needed support to students who attend or will attend high schools with graduation rates of less than 60 percent, while aggressively supporting education reform, then we can help end the dropout crisis and transform the lives of our most vulnerable children. State Farm is the presenting national sponsor of Grad Nation.

http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation.aspx

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