Facing dearth of skilled employees, STEMposium seeks to ‘light a fire’ in kids – especially girls
March 28, 2018 — The Bakersfield Californian
March 15: Opportunity Youth San Diego Webinar
March 15, 2018 — Webinar. Kristen Lewis participated in “New Data on Youth Disconnection: State of Opportunity Youth in San Diego County,” a webinar unveiling the latest numbers on disconnected youth in San Diego calculated by Measure of America. The data is part of a collaboration between the San Diego Workforce Partnership and Measure of America to assess youth disconnection, set goals and track progress in the county. You can watch the recorded webinar and see the slides. For more information on the effort to reduce youth disconnection in San Diego, visit OpportunitySD.org.
March 25: National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum 2018
March 25, 2018 — Washington, DC. Measure of America’s Sarah Burd-Sharps will speak at the National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum about Measure of America’s collaboration with the San Diego Workforce Partnership to address youth disconnection in San Diego. Click here for more information about the event.
March 19: National Reengagement Plus! Convening
March 19, 2018 — Philadelphia, PA. Co-director Kristen Lewis will speak about Measure of America’s latest disconnected youth research at the Philadelphia Youth Network’s sixth National Reengagement Plus! Convening. The convening is sponsored by the National League of Cities and will focus on strategies to reengage young people disconnected from school and work. Click here for more details on the event, and here to read MoA’s latest disconnected youth report and interact with the data.
Close to Home: How to turn around our failing system of health care
March 17, 2018 — The Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Michigan should join 38 other states that register voters online
March 17, 2018 — Detroit Free Press
USA: Two economies, one nation
March 15, 2018 — CITY A.M.
March 6: MOA at NYC Open Data Week
March 6, 2018 — New York, NY. Co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps will participate in a panel organized by NYU’s GovLab for NYC’s Open Data Week, along with representatives from the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, Viacom, and the Sunlight Foundation. The “If You Build It, Will They Come? A Case for Demand-Driven Data” panel will discuss the demand for open data. Click here to find out more about the event.
Second Chances in the Era of the Jobless Future
March 5, 2018 — The Brooklyn Rail
Ka-Ching! 6 States With the Highest Average Income
February 28, 2018 — The Motley Fool