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GEARup2LEAD Partners with Graduation Alliance, Flint Community to Launch Heroic Leadership Academy
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, July 21, 2015 – Michigan students looking for flexible learning opportunities will soon be able to earn their high school diploma online while developing into agents of change in their local communities. GEARup2LEAD, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering leadership in local communities, established the academy with education support from Graduation Alliance, experts in career […]
Read MoreDavenport Community School District Enlists Graduation Alliance for Dropout Reengagement Initiative
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, July 16, 2015 – After cutting dropout rate in half, Iowa’s third-largest district to enhance online credit recovery and robust student supports to drive graduation goals.
Read MoreGraduation Alliance Works to Close $7.4 Trillion High School Diploma Gap
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, July 07, 2015 — New analysis reveals benefits of helping working-age adults achieve graduation.
Read MoreGraduation Alliance’s post-secondary exploration and planning solutions to be showcased at Miami’s National College Fair
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 18, 2015 — Graduation Alliance is partnering with Miami-Dade County Public Schools to feature Connect!, the firm’s online career exploration and education planning platform, during the Spring 2015 National College Fair. The Connect! Corner will be staffed by knowledgeable platform experts prepared to assist Miami-Dade students and families in making the most […]
Read MoreGraduation Alliance reaffirms commitment to student privacy
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 9, 2014 — Leaders from Graduation Alliance, which helps students across the nation reach for high school graduation, career training and college readiness, applauded Tuesday’s Education Week article focused on student privacy. At the heart of the Education Week article, by reporter Michele Molnar, were concerns over the protection of student privacy when records […]
Read MoreBoys & Girls Clubs of South Valley partners with Graduation Alliance to help at-risk students
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 3, 2014 — The Boys & Girls Clubs of South Valley has recently partnered with Graduation Alliance to provide a new program to help at-risk students, as well as those who have left school before graduation, to earn their high school diploma. The program, funded by grant money from The Caldwell Family […]
Read MoreGraduation Alliance adheres to FTC data privacy measures
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1, 2014 — In follow up to its summer acquisition of ConnectEDU’s college and career planning assets, Graduation Alliance has enacted all data privacy measures as required by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Most recently these measures included the notification of all Connect! users, past and present, whose post-secondary planning platform accounts […]
Read MoreGraduation Alliance acquires ConnectEDU assets
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, Jun. 26, 2014 — Graduation Alliance, which partners with school districts across the United States to serve at-risk students, announced on Thursday it has acquired key assets from college and career planning company ConnectEDU. The move brings together two companies focused on improving outcomes for students who are in need of added support […]
Read MoreTecumseh school leaders and students tell dropouts: ‘We want you back’
Event Date: TECUMSEH, Mich., Nov. 14, 2013 — Students, teachers, administrators and members of the community gathered Wednesday, Nov. 13 to reach out to students who haven’t yet earned a diploma and are not currently enrolled in school. Their message: “We want you back.” The first-ever Tecumseh Dropout Recovery Walk began at the Tecumseh Public Schools Board Office. […]
Read MoreGraduation Alliance district adviser takes on graduation fees
Event Date: SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 7, 2013 — Could graduation fees make some at-risk students think twice about whether they even want to earn their diploma? Absolutely, writes Graduation Alliance district adviser Doug Bonner in The Advertiser, a newspaper covering the Acadiana region on Louisiana. “As someone who has worked alongside districts to help them raise their […]
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