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"U.S. Is 'Land Of Opportunity' No More?" Unemployment dropped in December 2011, but can Americans still count on moving up? Recent reports say America now lags behind Canada, Britain and some Western European nations in terms of economic mobility. NPR Host Michel Martin talks with public policy analyst John Bridgeland and Brookings Institution economic expert Isabel Sawhill.
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Posted: 1/6/2012
John Bridgeland at the
Opportunity Nation
Summit in New York City.
Posted: 11/4/2011
January 27, 2012 - 6:02 PM ET
J. Bridgeland: "Raising the Dropout Age"
January 5, 2012 - 12:46 PM ET
J. Bridgeland: "Reconnecting America's Forgotten Youth"
December 1, 2011 - 10:42 AM ET
J. Bridgeland - "Saving for Better Days"
Why Kids Drop Out: Identifying The Early Warning Signs -- Feb. 7 -- WAMU
"Those are alarm bells in the system that for years and years and years have gone ignored," says John Bridgeland, who heads the public policy firm Civic ...
Investing in skills is good for workers and business -- Feb. 6 -- OregonLive.com
A 2011 report by Civic Enterprises found more than half of business leaders, and 67 percent of small business leaders, face a challenge recruiting employees ...
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Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education |
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On January 9, Brookings hosted a discussion with John Bridgeland, of Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education.
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New research finds jobless youth want opportunities
Read the Opportunity Road Press Release
Civic Enterprises' latest report, Opportunity Road, released for the White House Council for Community Solutions, shows that nearly three in four (73 percent) of youth ages 16-24 who are not enrolled in school, are unemployed and do not have a college degree are confident and hopeful that they will be able to achieve their goals in life. Learn more.
American Graduate: Let's Make it Happen
Civic Enterprises has joined The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), in partnership with America's Promise Alliance and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to launch American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen — an initiative to help combat the dropout crisis in this country. Visit the website
About our Work
Education
In 2010, a coalition of leading institutions adopted as part of the Grad Nation campaign the Civic Marshall Plan to end the dropout epidemic and reach the national goal of having 90 % of U.S. students graduate from high school and obtain at least one year of postsecondary schooling or training by 2020.
Econ.
Mobility
Civic Enterprises,
in partnership with Opportunity Nation and Hart Research Associates, is working on a research effort to marshal low-income Americans’ voices on the challenges of fulfilling the promise of economic opportunity and mobility in the United States.
Civic Engagement
Since 2006, Civic Enterprises has worked with the National Conference on Citizenship, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the U.S. Census Bureau to release an annual Civic Health Assessment in order to help communities harness the power of their citizens.
Global Affairs
To coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Peace Corps Act, Civic Enterprises released the first large-scale, independent, nationally representative survey of the more than 200,000 Peace Corps volunteers who have served since 1961 to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Peace Corps Act.
Environment
Civic Enterprises works with the National Parks Conservation Association, the National Parks Service, and the Department of Interior to insure that the greatest national resources in America are available for all. Civic Enterprises will play a key role at the Summit on National Parks: Taking Action for a New Century, in Washington, D.C. on January 24-26, 2012.
Healthcare
Civic Enterprises is working for The Heritage Foundation to develop a defined long term Medicare reform strategy and health proposals to tie together the health and entitlement LFA teams, working closely with the Director for the Center for Health Policy studies and the Director of the Roe Institute.