1 in 5 Connecticut youths are at-risk or disconnected from education, employment
The issue predates the pandemic and chronic absenteeism affects one in three high schoolers' ability to graduate.
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Connecticut has an unspoken crisis that affects every town
According to a new research report by Boston Consulting Group, in 2022 one in five of Connecticut’s young people were either at-risk or disconnected. These are 119,000 young people who have either dropped out of school or are in danger of dropping out of school, and who are, for those ages 18 to 26, unemployed, and in many cases unemployable.
Editorial: Seeking a Plan for Disconnected Youth
Tens of thousands of young people in Connecticut are disconnected from society at large, either schools or employment, with untold costs that grow more severe every year.
We’re talking about young people, who did not ask for the circumstances in which they were raised. They still have so much to offer, but the longer they go adrift from society, the harder it is to reconnect.
It falls to all of us to make everyone part of our Connecticut community.
‘Disconnected': Foundation says CT youth are in danger of not becoming self-sufficient
Tens of thousands of CT youth are in danger of not becoming self-sufficient.