The Trouble With Disconnected Youth

The Trouble With Disconnected Youth

The Measure of America project, sponsored by the Social Science Research Council defines disconnected youth as “…teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither working nor in school. There are 5,527,000 disconnected youth in America today, or...
The Importance of Mentors

The Importance of Mentors

We acquired the word “mentor” from the literature of ancient Greece. In Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus was away from home fighting and journeying for 20 years. During that time, Telemachus, the son he left as a babe in arms, grew up under the...
Keeping The Humanity In Education Policy

Keeping The Humanity In Education Policy

As you read this blog, please understand I believe that the vast majority of education policy-makers on both sides of the political aisle are coming from a pure place. I want to believe their common ground is a sincere desire to grow generations of youth that are...