How can Chicago engage youth who aren’t in school or the workforce?
About 45,000 of the city’s teens and young adults aren’t in school or the workforce, according to Chalkbeat Chicago.
Tens of thousands of young Chicagoans, between the ages of 16 and 24, fall into a category known as “disengaged youth.” And the pandemic made matters worse.
Reset learns what’s behind the city’s youth disconnection issue and ways leaders are trying to solve the yearslong problem.
GUEST: Mila Koumpilova, senior reporter at Chalkbeat Chicago
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How can Chicago engage youth who aren’t in school or the workforce?
About 45,000 of the city’s teens and young adults aren’t in school or the workforce, according to Chalkbeat Chicago.
Tens of thousands of young Chicagoans, between the ages of 16 and 24, fall into a category known as “disengaged youth.” And the pandemic made matters worse.
Reset learns what’s behind the city’s youth disconnection issue and ways leaders are trying to solve the yearslong problem.
GUEST: Mila Koumpilova, senior reporter at Chalkbeat Chicago