Blogs
4 Tips for Building a Community Resource Library for Your District
Event Date: When Graduation Alliance launched its ENGAGE Attendance Recovery Program in 2020, we created a resource library for our Academic Success Coaches to use with their students. This general list of resources has been a great tool for our team because it provides quick access to resources and community organizations that can help students with academic […]
Read More3 Benefits of Outsourcing Summer School
Event Date: Do you have a plan for your district’s 2022 summer school offerings for grades 9-12? Every school district has unique student needs to address, and Graduation Alliance could be a good option for summer course completion for your high school students. Two years into the pandemic, we are still seeing its effects on students. Student […]
Read MoreMissing in the Margins
Event Date: Finding Students Who are Falling Through the Cracks There has been a significant focus over the past two years in the news about students who are “missing” due to the pandemic. However, the students aren’t actually missing — they’re just not showing up to class. In partnership with seven state departments of education and regional […]
Read MoreFoster Resiliency in Your Students Through Mentoring
Event Date: Strengthening resiliency skills is one of the best things school administrators can do for their students. Over the past two decades, researchers who study K-12 students have linked both academic performance and engagement to student resiliency (Solberg, Davis, & McLemore, 2010). Kelly Hupfeld, in her whitepaper, “Resiliency Skills and Dropout Prevention,” writes, “Finally, students who […]
Read MoreTest Anxiety Strategies for Students
Event Date: Up to 40% of all students struggle with test anxiety, according to a 2010 study published in Educational Psychology. Test anxiety is anxiety surrounding tests or exams and can affect everyone from kindergarteners completing their first assessments to professionals taking licensing exams. What is test anxiety? The American Psychological Association categorizes test anxiety as a […]
Read MoreHow Education Breaks the Cycle of Poverty
Event Date: “Nearly half of the world’s two billion children live in poverty, and one in five live in extreme poverty, which the United Nations defines as below $1.90 a day.” – BrainFacts.org It has long been common knowledge that education can help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. But some researchers propose that education is, […]
Read MoreCourses That Prepare Students for Life After High School
Event Date: At Graduation Alliance, we believe that education is the best investment we can make for our society today – to ensure a stronger tomorrow. That’s why we work to give students of all ages the resources, support, and flexibility they need to reach their educational goals and prepare for what’s next. We offer more […]
Read MoreNational Mentoring Month
Event Date: January is National Mentoring Month. MENTOR National and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launched National Mentoring Month in 2002 to raise awareness of mentoring, recruit mentors, and promote rapid growth of mentoring, according to Mentoring.org. At Graduation Alliance, we believe in the power of mentoring and provide students with 360-degrees of support […]
Read MoreNew Year’s resolution ideas for school administrators
Event Date: The New Year is a great time to reflect on the past year and identify some areas of improvement for the coming year. For school administrators, making New Year’s resolutions in January may seem counterintuitive. January is midway through the school year, and you don’t want to start making major changes right before the spring […]
Read MoreHigh School Diploma Benefits
Event Date: A high school diploma is the minimum level of education an individual needs to thrive in the United States, but students leave high school before graduation for a variety of reasons. Graduation Alliance has been paving alternative pathways to graduation for high school-aged and adult students alike since 2007. Most school administrators know how important […]
Read More