Cleveland and its students deserve more from the Cleveland schools
January 22, 2025 — Cleveland.com
Jan. 17 United States Conference of Mayors
January 17, 2025 — Director Kristen Lewis presented Measure of America’s recent research on youth disconnection at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council Annual Winter Meeting, as well as to the National Association of Workforce Boards, in Washington, DC. This presentation highlighted findings from Broad Recovery, Persistent Inequity, including recent national trends and changes over the past decade.
Close to Home: Sharing the burden of school closures
January 5, 2025 — The Press Democrat
‘The kids everyone forgot’: The faltering post-pandemic push to reengage teens and young adults not in school, college, or the workforce
December 19, 2024 — Chalkbeat
Nov. 14: Nonprofit New York Annual Conference
November 14, 2024 — Alex Powers and Kristen Lewis presented at Nonprofit New York’s annual conference. They shared how organizations can leverage data and did a walkthrough of how to use DATA2GO.NYC, our online tool which brings together federal, state, and city data on a broad range of issues critical to the well-being of all New Yorkers.
1-in-8 of the region’s young people were disconnected from work and school in 2023
November 4, 2024 — Kentuckiana Works
Oct. 28-30: Aspen Institute OYF Conference
October 28-30, 2024 — Measure of America’s Kristen Lewis and Alex Powers presented at the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum convening. One session, presented in partnership with Newark Opportunity Youth Network, focused on how the human development approach is a powerful tool for understanding youth well-being and access to opportunity, with a specific focus on the work we partnered on in Newark. We discussed the results of our research as well as its implications for the broader ecosystem of service providers, philanthropists, educators, advocates, and policymakers in Newark. The second Measure of America OYF session focused on our latest national-level work on youth disconnection.
Ras Baraka, Reasonable Radical
September 30, 2024 — The New Yorker
Sept. 12: Congressional Briefing on Opportunity Youth
September 12, 2024 —Measure of America Director Kristen Lewis briefed the Bipartisan Opportunity Youth Caucus on Capitol Hill. She presented key data on the state of youth disconnection in America. Staffers from 22 congressional offices attended.
Bright Spots from the Senate’s Bipartisan WIOA Discussion Draft
August 27, 2024 — New America