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Tacoma Refuses to Lose

With the help of Graduate Tacoma, the city’s cradle-to-career community partnership, Tacoma has closed its 33 percent Black-white graduation rate gap. Graduate Tacoma continues to advance its commitment to equity of opportunity for students of color in the era of COVID-19 and a renewed fight against racial oppression and violence.

Connecting Graduating Seniors to Support

What’s Next TPS Senior Check-In” is a data-driven, collective impact initiative to get students the assistance they need through local high schools, college access programs, and colleges.

Tacoma Public Schools, the Foundation for Tacoma Students and Rainier Connect have partnered to provide devices and high-speed internet to Tacoma families.

The Foundation for Tacoma Students, in partnership with Degrees of Change, is launching an initiative called Tacoma Completes aimed at helping high school graduates navigate college.

Graduate Tacoma study reports just 57 percent of Tacoma Public Schools students who go straight from high school to post-secondary education end up finishing their programs within six years.

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New Report Describes Student Challenges to Staying in College - Tacoma Weekly 2.8.2021

Why are local high school grads struggling in college? Listen and they'll tell you - The News Tribune 2.12.2021

Striving Towards Systems Transformation - StriveTogether 2.17.2021

Wildlife Champions Program Promotes Science and Stewardship – South Sound Magazine 3.9.2020

Press Release – Tacoma Partnership for Student Technology – Foundation for Tacoma Students 5.5.2020

Tacoma School Kids Who Need Them Can Get Devices, Internet Access From New Partnership – Tacoma News Tribune 5.6.2020

Groups Partner to Provide Internet to Low-Income Students in Tacoma – Q13 Fox 5.13.2020

Tacoma Community Partners Ask Seniors, ‘What’s Next?’ Then Connect Them with Support – NCAN 5.25.2020

Tacoma Nonprofits Are Trying to Help High School Seniors Stick with their College Plans – KNKX 5.26.2020

10,000 Tacoma Public Schools Students Don’t Have Access to Home Computer, WiFi – Q13 Fox 7.13.2020

Thousands of Tacoma Youth Have Nowhere to go this Summer as COVID-19 Decimates Programs – Tacoma News Tribune 7.20.2020

Tacoma Refuses to Lose – Education First 10.16.2020

Champion of Diversity Award – Daily Journal of Commerce 10.26.2020

Tacoma graduation rates are at a record high, but budget challenges pose threat – The News Tribune 1.11.19

Tacoma schools take victory lap for graduation rate, sets sight on Olympia – Tacoma Weekly News 1.17.19

How 93,000 more Washington students can thrive after high school – The News Tribune 4.06.19

Statewide school levy ‘fix’ has put Tacoma in a fix – The News Tribune 4.20.19

Graduate Tacoma releases 2019 Impact Report – The News Tribune 4.29.19

Initiative aims to boost the number of Tacoma students enrolling in and completing college – KNKX 4.29.19

Fewer Tacoma students are completing college. New program aims to change that – The News Tribune 5.03.19

Tacoma high school seniors get some straight talk from current students at local colleges – KNKX 6.10.19

Graduate Tacoma receives honor for boosting childhood reading – Tacoma Weekly 6.8.18

Graduate Tacoma makes searching for summer youth programs easy – Tacoma Weekly 5.3.18

Absence rates in TPS need improvement – The News Tribune Editorial 5.6.18

Graduate Tacoma reaches key milestone – Tacoma Weekly 5.4.18

Tacoma grad rates rising; opportunity gaps persist – The News Tribune 4.28.18

Washington’s Celebration of Advancing HS Seniors Inspires – Forbes 4.16.18

Goal of school discipline should be keeping kids in classroom – Seattle Times Editorial 4.13.18

Tacoma high school grad rate soars; will college follow? – The News Tribune Editorial 12.17.17

Collaboration Charts Successes – Tacoma Weekly 5.4.17

Matti Robi Is a Face Behind the Numbers in Graduate Tacoma Report – The News Tribune 4.28.17

Once “Dropout Factories,” Tacoma Schools See Record Graduation Rates – KNKX 4.28.17

Tacoma Schools Well on Their Way to 2020 Goals – The News Tribune Editorial 5.2.17

Arne Duncan: Obama Should Focus on Our Kids – TIME Magazine 1.18.17

Tacoma Schools continue to make strides in most areas – Tacoma Weekly 3.31.16

As Tacoma graduation rates rise, educators and community look to next steps – Tacoma News Tribune 3.25.16

Tacoma graduation goals lofty but reachable – Tacoma News Tribune Editorial 3.23.16

Tacoma Graduation Rates Now Top State Average – Tacoma Weekly 1.1.16

Tacoma continues 5 year climb on graduation rates – Tacoma News Tribune 12.15

Tacoma Schools and their friends are on a roll – Tacoma News Tribune 2.15.15

Tacoma schools announce record percentage of students receiving diplomas in 2014 – Tacoma News Tribune 12.2.14

High school students get help writing their personal statement essays for college applications – Tacoma News Tribune 11.1.14

Spotlight shines on Tacoma students at community rally – Tacoma News Tribune 10.7.14

A third engine behind Tacoma students, teachers – Tacoma News Tribune 1.26.14

Educational foundation sets sights on ambitious graduation goals – Tacoma News Tribune 1.24.14

Our Community-Built Goal

By 2030, 70 percent of Tacoma Public Schools students will earn a degree, technical certificate, or gain a good-earning wage employment opportunity within six years of high school graduation. Targeted efforts will focus on students of color and those impacted by poverty.

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