Abandoned : America's lost youth and the crisis of disconnection /
A deeply affecting expose of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc For the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But 4.5 million young people or a stunning 11...
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| Lingua: | inglese |
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New York :
The New Press,
2020.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2088709 |
Sommario:
- Embarking. Emergence and divergence
- An epidemic of disconnection
- Drifting: avenues to disconnection. Marooned: place and opportunity
- An urban opportunity desert
- When work disappears
- Abandoned by the state: "aging out"
- "Justice"
- Anchored: paths to reconnection. Throwing lifelines
- Intensive care
- Super mentors
- The apprentice and the intern
- A Texas turnaround to make schools work
- A new youth agenda. The "fierce urgency of now"
- Seven steps for ending disconnection.