Across the nation, leading institutions and organizations are identifying pathways as a core component of a thriving economy and a missing piece from the K-12 experience.
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Youth Development Tactics to Help Prepare Them for the Future Workforce
Forbes Apr 15, 2023Consider this: A study on SAT scores found that among those scoring above 700, 45% were white students, while 1% were Black students. A 2012 study found that 22% of students in poverty drop…
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School Absence Rates Increased by Boil Water Alerts in Jackson
Futurity Apr 14, 2023Each time an alert to boil water was issued, unexcused absence rates in Jackson’s public schools increased between 1% and 10%.
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Leveraging Mentorships to Help Grow the Female Workforce in India
Brookings Apr 14, 2023Despite important gains in the formal education of girls in the last decade and half, women in India are conspicuously missing from the workforce. The country achieved universal girls’ enrollment in primary…
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Legislation Could Make Native American History Lessons Disappear From School
The Hechinger Report Apr 14, 2023Dozens of states have recently adopted or introduced laws or policies that take aim at critical race theory, commonly known as CRT. Critics say the orders threaten to undo years-long attempts to enrich lessons about the history of Native American students whose culture is at risk of vanishing from…
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Increasing Enrollment in Community Colleges and Increasing Funding
The 74 Apr 13, 2023Enrollment trends for community colleges are headed in the right direction, but in most cases have not caught up to pre-pandemic levels…
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How States are Responding to America’s Child Care Crisis
The 74 Apr 13, 2023States are spending more money and creating new incentives to ease the severe child care crisis…
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Student Hunger Exists Across School Districts
The 74 Apr 13, 2023Combatting hunger means fighting stigma, ‘pride gap,’ experts say…
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How After-school Programs Can Help Students in the Wake of the Pandemic
EdSurge Apr 12, 2023A national campaign calls for communities to invest in high-quality and holistic after-school activities for students.
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Schools Should Include More Materials About Race and Racism
Chalkbeat Apr 12, 2023It’s not about making white children ‘feel bad.’ It’s about teaching them how to build a better future.
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Youth Can Address Local Food Sustainability Issues
Food Tank Apr 11, 2023The Youth Food Lab is bringing diverse perspectives to solve complex issues in building a resilient food system.
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Book Bans May Drive Some Libraries to Close
The 74 Apr 11, 2023The superintendent of a Virginia school district this week proposed getting rid of school libraries altogether.
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