Stemming the Tide of High School Dropouts

High School Dropout Prevention

Twenty five years since the release of the landmark “A Nation at Risk” report, the state of our education and our young people remain very much at risk. The result, as revealed in new analysis, is that our nation is facing a dropout crisis with our largest cities paying the biggest price.

Every 26 seconds, one American high school student drops out of school. That adds up to more than 1.1 million students per year. For those young people who don’t graduate from high school, their future prospects are dim.

A new report released by America's Promise Alliance finds that America's largest cities are struggling to keep studends in school.

Read the report

The Call to Action: Dropout Prevention Summits

In the next five years, the Alliance wants to reverse this trend and, with the help of our partners, deliver more Promises to 15 million of our nation's most disadvantaged young people.

Our top priority: improved high school completion rates. It's the most important indicator that a young person is on the road to success....