Multiple Pathways to Graduation Work Group

The Multiple Pathways to Graduation Work Group (formerly the Out-of-School Youth/Struggling Students Work Group) focuses on young people who are struggling to stay in school despite the poor quality of their educational experience as well as young people who have been pushed out or dropped out. The members of this work group are focusing on leading cities that are demonstrating the extraordinary leadership in committing to educating all their young people, not just those in school. In 2005, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland (OR), and San Jose (CA) received grants of $275,000 each from the Multiple Pathways to Graduation Work Group, as part of its Initiative to Support Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth. The grants funded broad-based partnerships that included educational advocacy groups, public school districts, public care agencies, service providers, parents, youth, and other stakeholders. Members of the Youth Transition Funders Group - including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, and the Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation - provided funding for the initial strategic assessments.

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YTFG Archives - Multiple Pathways to Graduation Demonstration Sites
Slide Presentation - For a 2006 update on strategic assessments in the demonstration sites, click here.