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graduate on time from high school, and graduation rates areshockingly low for African American and Latino male students,at 60 percent and 57 percent, respectively. Our grantmakingfocuses on helping educational and training institutionsto adopt practices that will motivatestudents to learn byoffering them multiple pathwaysto success. The programs wesupport embrace a wide rangeof learning styles and connectstudents, in a concrete and practicalway, to the broader world ofcareer and civic life.While there is widespread recognition in California of theimportance of investing in early childhood, we want to ensure thatour state does not ignore our adolescents and young adults.All youth — regardless of background, life situation, or economiccircumstance — deserve a legitimate and genuine opportunity tosucceed, and at The James Irvine Foundation, we are committedto the development of as many pathways as possible to ensurethat California’s young people thrive.5