Ambition Gap: The Chasm Between Students and their Futures
Every student should have the opportunity to succeed in high school, graduating prepared for college and work. Yet, many students do not earn a high school diploma, do not graduate with the skills they need, or do not have a way to pay for their higher education.

Silent Epidemic
Does Your High School Measure Up?
Check out School Matters rating system from Standard and Poor's.

Each year, almost one-third of all public high school students fail to graduate. Read the full report by Civic Enterprises for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, right. Click here to learn more about the Foundation's efforts to confront this issue.

Empty Promises: The myth of college access
It is reported that between 2001 and 2010, more than 4.4 million Americans will be unable to afford a four-year college. Click here for the full report.

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Silent Epidemic
Bridge the Ambition Gap - Locally

Improving the high school graduation rate is one of South Carolina’s most pressing issues.  Currently there are three local initiatives designed to improve the graduation rates in Greenville County. We invite you to click on these initiatives to learn more:

We also invite you to read the Silent Epidemic and check out Empty Promises: The Myth of College Access in America to learn more about the status of secondary and higher education. You can share this information with your friends and colleagues by clicking the e-mail option at the top of each of our Web pages.  And if you really want to make a difference, we invite you to give online to the initiative(s) of your choice (we'll let you know about the difference your donation is making by sending you an e-mail report). 

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