A summer job is not just a paycheck. It’s about learning how to work with other people, being a professional, problem solving, customer service, all of those really important power skills that come into play later in life. We see summer job opportunities as a bridge to careers.
Across the country, voters are tuning into debates, attending town halls and asking questions to decide who will lead our country for the next four years. Strengthening the...
Authored by: The teams of Opportunity Nation, Council for a Strong America and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Support from the Kresge Foundation set the table for...
It seemed simple. Go to school, graduate, and get a job. I was always told that education opens the door to opportunity, but I still never understood why...
While every child deserves an education that culminates in 21st century readiness for college, careers or both, very few schools have the resources to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in our new digital age.
In his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. referred to seeing the “promised land,” a world where everyone, no matter their skin...
I grew up in Roseland, a predominantly African-American community on the south side of Chicago, Illinois – a community plagued with high unemployment, a lack of economic development,...
At no other time in recent history has the need to expand opportunity been more urgent. Despite some progress in overall access to social and economic mobility over...
Instead of elaborate interventions to help at-risk students stay on course and in school, a new study suggests a deceptively simple solution might work best of all: weaving...
