Editing America's Promise (section)

==The Center for Promise==
In 2012, America's Promise partnered with [[Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences]] to open the Center for Promise, an applied research institute studying what helps "create the conditions so that all young people in America have the opportunity to succeed in school and life."<ref>[http://www.americaspromise.org/news/americas-promise-alliance-launches-center-promise-tufts-university-school-arts-and-sciences-0 ''AmericasPromise.org'', America's Promise Alliance launches the Center for Promise at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences, December 13, 2012]</ref>

In 2014, the Center produced the report, ''Don't Call Them Dropouts: Understanding the Experiences of Young People Who Leave High School Before Graduation'', which drew national attention<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/at-risk-students-need-more-help-from-us-not-washington/2014/08/29/130186aa-2e2e-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html ''Washington Post'', At-risk students need more help from us, not Washington, August 29, 2014]</ref> to the challenging life and socioeconomic factors that cause many students to drop out of high school.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2014/05/21/paul_ryans_dropout_delusion_heres_the_real_reason_kids_dont_graduate/ Salon, Paul Ryan's dropout delusion: Here's the real reason kids don't graduate, May 21, 2014]</ref> Similar to the Silent Epidemic study, Don't Call Them Dropouts focused heavily on youth perspective and analysis.

"Rather than merely boredom or lack of motivation, young people who drop out are likely growing up in ‘toxic environments' with unstable families, violent neighborhoods, and unsafe schools," an Education Week article said of the report. "Some students are caregivers for parents, siblings, or their own children. Others are homeless or the victims of abuse."<ref>[http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2014/05/report_gives_glimpse_inside_complex_reasons_high_school_students_dont_finish.html ''Education Week'', Report Gives Glimpse Into Why High School Students Don't Finish, May 20, 2014]</ref>

In 2015, the Center for Promise moved from Tufts University to the [[Boston University School of Education]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/sed/research-action/centers-institutes/the-center-for-promise/ |title=Boston University, The Center for Promise |access-date=2017-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608181925/https://www.bu.edu/sed/research-action/centers-institutes/the-center-for-promise/ |archive-date=2017-06-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref> That same fall, the Center produced a follow-up study to Don't Call Them Dropouts that examined the role that relationships with adults play in keeping students in school called Don't Quit On Me: What Young People Who Left School Say About the Power of Relationships.<ref>[http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-quit-me ''AmericasPromise.org'', Special Report: Don't Quit on Me, September 6, 2015]</ref>

The Center's 2016 study, Who's Minding the Neighborhood? The Role of Adult Capacity in Keeping Young People on a Path to Graduation examined how adult-to-youth ratios in neighborhoods impact educational outcomes, the first study to do so. Adding seven adults to a neighborhood, researchers concluded, results in one fewer student dropping out of high school.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/10/10/graduation-rates-increase-adults/91862754/ ''USA Today'', Study: To raise graduation rates, increase number of adults in community, October 10, 2016]</ref>

Also released in 2016: ''Barriers to Wellness: Voices and Views from Young People in Five Cities'', a youth-led assessment that provides insight into the obstacles to wellness young people of color face in five cities.