Abandoned America's lost youth and the crisis of disconnection /

A deeply affecting expose of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc For the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people or a stunning 11...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kim, Anne (Journalist) (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Recorded Books, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The New Press, 2020.
Temas:
Since 1980
Young adults > United States > Social conditions.
At-risk youth > United States.
Poor youth > United States > Social conditions.
Youth > Services for > United States.
Jeunes adultes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes pauvres > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Jeunesse > Services > États-Unis.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
Poor youth > Social conditions
Social conditions
Youth > Services for
Young adults > Social conditions
At-risk youth
Education
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Embarking. Emergence and divergence
  • An epidemic of disconnection
  • Drifting: avenues to disconnection. Marooned: place and opportunity
  • An urban opportunity desert
  • When work disappears
  • Abandoned by the state: "aging out"
  • "Justice"
  • Anchored: paths to reconnection. Throwing lifelines
  • Intensive care
  • Super mentors
  • The apprentice and the intern
  • A Texas turnaround to make schools work
  • A new youth agenda. The "fierce urgency of now"
  • Seven steps for ending disconnection.

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