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NEWS RELEASES
- 6/05/08 Pacers Contribute $500,000 to Common Goal
- 8/13/07 Lilly Endowment Awards Grant to Common Goal Project
- 5/16/07 Educators and Business Community Unite for Education
- 11/27/06 Indianapolis Chamber, Marion County Superintendents and Community Partners Commit to Raising Graduation Rates, Nov. 27, 2006
IN THE NEWS
- Editorial: Go back to school to help reach our Common Goal, Indianapolis Star, June 14, 2008
- Anti-dropout program needs you, Indianapolis Star, June 4, 2008
- Common Goal initiative gets big boost from Pacers, WISH-TV, June 3, 2008
- Program aims to boost city’s graduation rate, WTHR, June 3, 2008
- IPS Sets Goal of Being Among Best Urban School Systems, WRTV/ The Indy Channel, June 3, 2008
- We can do it: 3 problems require Super Bowl effort, Indianapolis Star, May 25, 2008
- IN Depth: Mentoring High School Students to Graduation, Inside INdiana Business, May 11, 2008
- IPS making national headlines for the wrong reasons; WISH TV 8, April 1, 2008
- Eye on Kids: A local program created to increase graduation
rates, WISH-TV, March 12, 2008 - Indiana initiative bold step in preventing dropouts
Career Tech Update in affiliation with U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 21, 2008 - OUR VIEW: Common Goal: Increase high school graduation rates
Show All, Indianapolis Star, Feb. 10, 2008 - Ballard: tutoring needed
Indianapolis Business Journal, Jan. 28, 2008 (See ibj.com for archived story.) - State schools battle high school dropout rates with new approaches, Indianapolis Star, Jan. 23, 2008
- IDOE News Release: Indiana high school graduation rates released, Jan. 22, 2008
- Editorial: Not-So-Common Goal: saving 2,000 diplomas, Indianapolis Star, Nov. 12, 2007
- MY VIEW: Raising graduation rates, lowering poverty rates, Indianapolis Star, Sept. 10, 2007
- Goal: More grads, few dropouts, Indianapolis Star, May 16, 2007
- Alliance for Excellent Education Grad Report (pdf)
- Progress of Education Reform 2007 (pdf)
Members of the media requesting additional information or sources regarding the Common Goal initiative may contact:
Kevin MacDonald
Communications Manager
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
(317) 464-2241
kmacdonald@indylink.comwww.indychamber.com
