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How To Restore Opportunity For America’s Youth

by Wisconsin Public Radio   •  

In the United States, more than 5.5 million young adults—one in every seven—are neither in school nor working. One million students drop out of high school every year. A look at the astronomical costs of the nation’s growing opportunity gap, and what we can do to help young people successfully participate in the global, 21st century economy. WPR’s Kathleen Dunn interviews Opportunity Nation’s Executive Director Monique Rizer and Be The Change, Inc.’s CEO and Founder  Alan Khazei on how we can increase opportunity for all.

Listen to the full interview on WPR.org.

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Wisconsin Public Radio is a civic and cultural resource that exists to enlighten and enrich the quality of life for its listeners. WPR consists of 34 radio stations programmed by seven regional studios and carrying programming on three content networks - the Ideas Network, the NPR News and Classical Network and the All Classical Network. WPR's radio stations, studios, networks and online streams allow it to serve local, regional and statewide audiences with the highest quality programming available.

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