Alliance for Excellent Education

The Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE), a national policy, research, and advocacy organization, is dedicated to traditionally underserved students in high schools. It is a Washington, D.C.–based organization that seeks to ensure the success of American graduates in citizenship, work, and college. The AEE works to make a policy agenda—a national consensus network of allies for education—to reform higher education. It targets at-risk high school students, who are likely to quit school without a graduate degree or diploma and who may not be able to contribute productively in future. The AEE advocates policies to ensure that resources are targeted toward helping at-risk students and raises funds at the federal level for at-risk students. Presently, the AEE is helping out around 6 million American students, and ...