I want to help create a system of coordinated supports that, if they had existed when my dad was navigating challenging life circumstances, would have enabled him to write a different life story.
Dalio Education found that 119,000 Connecticut youths were disconnected, in large part because public schools did not prepare them for the workforce.
Young People First. The title and focus of a newly released report by the 119K Commission, an initiative led by mayors of towns and cities across the state and coordinated by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, could not be more succinct or more urgent.
Public systems that are supposed to help young people often end up perpetuating disconnection. That’s what we learn when we listen to young people who are disconnected from school and employment in Connecticut.