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Thousands of youths struggling with school and employment disconnect
Lawmakers are examining the issue of youth disengagement from both education and employment with the aim of crafting effective solutions.
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Commission meets for first time to tackle issue of disconnected youth
The 119K Commission met for the first time Tuesday. The group is tasked with finding ways to help students at risk of not graduating.
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Commission meets for first time to tackle issue of disconnected youth
The 119K Commission met for the first time Tuesday. The group is tasked with finding ways to help students at risk of not graduating. “We all have such different realities…” Realities that Rania Das sees among her peers. A sophomore at Hopkins School in New Haven, she said all students have different lived experiences. “I’m living one way. There’re...
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Face the Facts: Discussing the disconnect between teens and schooling, work
Joe DeLong, CEO of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, discusses the disconnect between thousands of young adults at the risk of quitting school or work across the state.
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‘Disconnected': Foundation says CT youth are in danger of not becoming self-sufficient
A leading Connecticut education foundation says tens of thousands of state youth are in danger of not becoming self-sufficient.
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‘Disconnected': Foundation says CT youth are in danger of not becoming self-sufficient
Last month, a young man from Hartford, just 18, was arrested for causing a fatal car crash that killed a Hartford police officer. At the time, Richard Barrington Jr. was living with his mom, not attending school, and without a high school diploma. A leading education foundation just took the wraps off research that indicates younger people ages 14 to…