America has long prided itself as the “land of opportunity.” But since the Great Recession, youth unemployment is at its highest in more than a decade, and young people in many European countries now have a better shot at moving up the ladder from poor to rich than they do in America.
Almost 6 million young people are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday. That's almost 15 percent of those aged 16 to 24 who have neither desk nor job, according to The Opportunity Nation coalition, which wrote the report.
Opportunity Nation released today the 2013 Opportunity Index, the nation’s most comprehensive measure of economic, educational and civic factors that influence the upward mobility of Americans.
Opportunity Nation is thrilled to have OpenAirBoston and its Tech Goes Home program join as our newest coalition members. OpenAirBoston's mission is to ensure that Boston residents have the tools, training and access to 21st century skills development and technology.
Low-income zip codes have 25 percent fewer chain supermarkets and 1.3 times as many convenience stores compared to middle-income zip codes. Clearly, when it comes to access to healthy food and opportunity in America, geography matters.
The collaboration between Monroe Community College and Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection is moving the needle on both high school and college success.
Per Scholas is honored and excited to join the Opportunity Nation family. We’ve been impressed by and now rely on the Opportunity Index, a unique measure of a community’s economic, educational and civic health, as we conduct feasibility studies in new potential markets.