Ouachita County ACTION Community Prepares Young Adults for Workforce
•More Than Words: A Great Member of the Opportunity Nation Coalition
•Economic Distress Does a Number on Children
•Rich-People Problems? The Summer of Elite Discontent
•Moving on up: Can the American Dream Still Become a Reality Today?
•At the heart of the American Dream is equal opportunity for children — wherever they are born and in whatever condition — to rise above their situation. The factors affecting that opportunity are varied and complex. Opportunity Nation identified three major categories of these factors: economics, education and community.
Former White House Policy Advisors Join Opportunity Nation
•Proving that bipartisanship is still alive and well, Opportunity Nation announced today that former Director of the Obama Administration’s Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes will join John Bridgeland, former Director of Domestic Policy for President George W. Bush as members of the Opportunity Nation Leadership Council.
Op-ed: Closing America’s Opportunity Gap
•Important ideological differences divide Republicans and Democrats on many issues, but there is one tenet of American life that should prompt bipartisan action: ensuring that all people — regardless of class, race, ethnicity, gender or ZIP code — have opportunities to rise as far as talent and hard work can take them.
CEO Kevin Jennings Asks “What’s an Education Really Worth?”
•Plain and simple, we're not graduating enough young people from high school and college in the United States. Barely two-thirds of today's high school students will graduate on time. With the average high school dropout's annual earnings being only about 40 percent of those of a college graduate, this failure has profound consequences for the rest of one's entire life.
New Interactive Jobs Website Shows Businesses How to Develop and Leverage Today’s Opportunity Youth
With the number of unemployed youth nearly double the rate of national unemployment, Opportunity Nation - in partnership with the global specialty retailer Gap Inc. - launched an interactive and easy-to-use online tool that walks businesses through the process of how to create new employment and learning opportunities for youth.