Building a Grad Nation Summit

Posted by on February 06, 2012

March 18-21, 2012.

Building a Grad Nation Summit at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. The Building a Grad Nation Summit is the premier event of Grad Nation, a 10-year campaign to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce.

Details HERE.

http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Summit.aspx

About the Conference

The Building a Grad Nation Summit is the premier event of Grad Nation, our 10-year campaign to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce.

The Grad Nation campaign has two specific goals:

To increase the national graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020 with no school graduating less than 80 percent
To regain America’s standing as first in the world in college completion

Addressing these critical issues requires all sectors of our communities working together in new, more coordinated ways. And that’s exactly what this annual gathering helps bring about. The summit brings together community organizations, educators, local and state leaders, national nonprofit organizations, businesses, youth and others to not only share progress but also catalyze additional action.

Building on the success of the first summit in 2011, the 2012 summit will bring together hundreds of participants on March 18-21 in Washington, D.C. to focus on progress being made against the Grad Nation goals in communities and states across the nation. Additionally, millions of others will be engaged through online outreach and media coverage.

The central theme of the 2012 summit will be the strong connection between quality education and thriving, economically sound communities.