Building a Grad Nation Summit and Report
Posted by America's Promise on May 12, 2014
Building a Grad Nation Summit
For the first time in U.S. history the nation’s high school graduation rate rose above 80 percent, according to the 2014 Building a GradNation report released at the Building a GradNation Summit this week in Washington, DC. Watch the general sessions from the Summit, featuring speakers like U.S. Senator Cory Booker, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell, Alma Powell, and General Colin Powell, at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf89BHqc7u51fUKkPRtQDTNx39ujQZL1-
You can also download the report here: http://www.americaspromise.org/news/2014-building-gradnation-report-released
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