Our Work
Ensuring an Equitable Recovery: Addressing Covid-19’s Impact on Education
Report | October 3, 2023Ensuring an Equitable Recovery presents 2021 youth disconnection rates for the United States as a whole as well as by gender, race and ethnicity, region, state, metro area, and congressional district.
Building Bright Futures for Youth in Los Angeles
Report | November 17, 2022Building Bright Futures for Youth in Los Angeles: Spotlight on Young Women provides an in-depth look at youth disconnection in Los Angeles County. The report also has a special focus on young women.
Building Bright Futures for Youth in New Orleans
Report | 2022/11/17Building Bright Futures for Youth in New Orleans: Spotlight on Young Women provides an in-depth look at youth disconnection in Greater New Orleans (the New Orleans metropolitan area). The report also has a special focus on young women.
Two Futures: The Economic Case for Keeping Youth on Track
Report | October 9, 2018Building on Measure of America’s Disconnected Youth Series, Two Futures: The Economic Case for Keeping Youth on Track finds that by the time they reach their thirties, those who had been working or in school as teens and young adults earn $31,000 more per year.
Geographies of Opportunity
Report | April 22, 2015Geographies of Opportunity: Ranking Well-Being by Congressional District is an in-depth look at how residents of America's 436 congressional districts are faring in three fundamental areas of life: health, access to knowledge, and living standards.
HALVE THE GAP BY 2030: Youth Disconnection in America’s Cities
Report | October 24, 2013In this report we imagine, in very specific terms, a different, better tomorrow. We lay out an ambitious but attainable goal: to halve the gaps between the most- and least-connected neighborhoods and between racial groups in half by 2030.