We see a world where all youth have a voice and an opportunity to exercise their innate leadership abilities, collectively affect change, and create a safe environment, thus inspiring a youth movement
At least 25 % of students who attend school in higher inequality states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and the District Columbia don’t end up graduating in a four-year period, compared to the 10 % of students in the lower-inequality states of Vermont, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Nebraska.
54% of African Americans graduate from high school, compared to more than three quarters of White & Asian students.
Only 14% of African American eighth graders score at or above the proficient level. These results reveal that millions of young people cannot understand or evaluate text, provide relevant details, or support inferences about the written documents they read.
About 63 percent of the 46.8 million job openings created by 2018 will require workers with at least some college education
64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying.
As of 2014, the Texas teen birth rate was 37.8 births per 1,000 teen girls (age 15-19). Since 1991, the teen birth rate has declined by 52%. In the past year alone, the decline was 8%.