American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen is a public media initiative, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to help students stay on the path to on-time high school graduation and future success.

1.3 million kids drop out of high school per year, costing our nation more than $100 billion annually in lost wages and taxes, plus the increased social costs due to crime and healthcare.

American Graduate brings an important new element to the battle--community-specific and community-targeted awareness raising.

Our nation’s future depends on you. Let's make it Happen!

Quality schools with engaged teachers, counselors and other administrators are critical to children’s education attainment.

Reducing the dropout rate by 10 percent a year would produce $191 million in crime-related savings and would provide additional state income of $103 million.

Investing in solutions to the dropout crisis would have a profound effect on our economy, on our national crime rate, and on our ability to compete in the global marketplace.