Research and Practice
Research from Stanford University indicates young people who are not "connected by 25" to education and employment are likely to remain unconnected, with grave consequences for them as individuals and significant social and economic costs to local communities and the nation as a whole. To view the Connected by 25:Improving the Life Chances of the Country's Most Vulnerable 14-24 Year Olds report by Micheal Wald and Tia Martinez, please click here.
Closing the Aspirations-Attainment Gap: Implications for High School Reform by Melissa Roderick, University of Chicago. Research and implications for 8th - 9th grade transition. Please click here to download the report from the mdrc website.
The Youth Transition Funders Group is a consortium of funders committed to ensuring that this nation's young people are successfully connected by age 25 to institutions and support systems that will enable them to succeed throughout adulthood. Click here for Youth in Transition Publications.
The websites below are provided as national resources for Best Practices related to out-of-school youth and struggling students.
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