Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia, has issued the following statement in support of the GRADUATES Act, introduced today by U.S. Representative Dave Loebsack (D-IA):...

Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia, issued the following statement in support of the GRADUATES Act, introduced today by U.S. Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Mark Pryor (D-AR), and Patty Murray (D-WA)...

Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia, issued the following statement  today on the launch of the Campaign for High School Equity, an unprecedented partnership of nine major organizations representing communities of color to ensure that America’s secondary schools have the capacity and motivation to prepare every student for graduation, college, work, and life.

Understanding High School Graduation Rates, a new publication from the Alliance for Excellent Education, illustrates the discrepancies in graduation rates reported by government and independent sources, examines why this is important, and explains how certain federal policies have contributed to the graduation rate confusion.

Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia, has issued the following statement in support of the Graduate for a Better Future Act, introduced today by U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC):

The nation’s future economic well-being will considerably weaken unless it increases the percentage of minority students who graduate from high school to at least the level of their white peers, according to conservative calculations by the Alliance for Excellent Education in its new issue brief, Demography as Destiny: How America Can Build a Better Future, funded by MetLife Foundation.

A 5 percent increase in the number of males who receive a high school diploma could mean significant crime-related savings and higher earnings for the United States, according to conservative calculations by the Alliance for Excellent Education in its new issue brief, Saving Futures, Saving Dollars: The Impact of Education on Crime Reduction and Earnings. The study, funded by MetLife Foundation, identifies this prime example of the impact of education on the economy.

As educators, researchers, and policymakers increasingly speak of the need to more accurately and consistently measure and report high school graduation rates, the public remains confused about why these rates are so important. Today, the Alliance for Excellent Education is releasing an important new report that explains the relationship between realistic graduation rate reporting and effective high school reform efforts.

"The Alliance has long been a supporter of a better, more accurate graduation rate measurement process; therefore we are pleased to support and sign on to the NGA Compact on State High School Graduation Data," said former Governor Bob Wise, president and CEO of the Alliance for Excellent Education.