Succeeding Against the Odds—Graduating from High School in the Nation’s Capital
“We need as many voices as possible. Principals, nonprofits, students, parents, and the community all working together to accomplish this goal.”...
America’s Promise Alliance
Young People in Our Cities Face Obstacles to Emotional Well-Being
“We don’t teach history—young people don’t know about redlining and the policies that came after that and before, why neighborhoods look the way they look...
Yale Study Reveals that Racism Reaches Down to Preschoolers
The study basically confirms that we live in a pervasively racist society, and that even very young children do not escape its harmful reach. The...
What About the Children?
A study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that nearly half of all children in the United States are exposed to at...
Formerly Homeless STEM Student Excels
But Wiggins attributes her success to the life-changing supports at Brookview, where she is remembered as a “very shy, introverted, and studious little girl who...
The One “Fight” Muhammad Ali Did Not Win
In the news this weekend about the death of former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, many probably noticed a heartbreaking sentence in one of the...
Will High School Graduation Rates Reach 90% by 2020?
The majority of black and brown high school students you encounter every day—a startling 63%—attend low-graduation-rate high schools....
Women’s History Month: Carmita Vaughan, Founder & President, Surge Institute
Carmita Vaughan, founder and president of Surge Institute, is on a mission. She wants to see leaders of color lead education reform and sit at...
New Data Highlights Growing High School Graduation Gaps
Graduation rates have reached a new high, yet stubborn gaps remain between low-income students and their higher income peers. Some states are doing better....
What Do Jobless Youth Need More Than Anything Else?
Urban Alliance, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., matches jobless youth who are high school students with internships, mentors, and a path to the workforce....