At Opportunity Nation, we launched a Shared Plan to spotlight and create stronger pathways to education, careers and postsecondary education for young adults. We strongly believe that Career...
Next month, Elizabeth will be leaving Opportunity Nation to become the Chief Strategy Officer at Phipps Community Development Corporation with an initial focus on launching an education-focused collective impact initiative in the South Bronx, part of a cradle-to-college initiative designed to promote student success.
The evidence is clear that we have less economic mobility than we think we do. Low-income children born in a dozen other wealthy countries stand a better chance of improving their lot in life than U.S. children who are born into poverty.
Opportunity Nation was pleased to see Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Representative George Miller (D-CA) recently introduce the Community College to Career Fund Act.
In the United States today, 6.7 million young adults ages 16 to 24 are not in school and are not working -- a tragic loss to them personally and to our country's economic competitiveness.
This report offers a sobering assessment of the gridlock and lack of civility that has plagued Washington D.C. in recent years. But it also serves as an opportunity to join together on an issue most Americans care about passionately: jumpstarting the American Dream and expanding economic and social mobility to more Americans.