California is facing a significant issue with hundreds of thousands of its youth being neither in school nor employed post-COVID. Columnist Emily Hoeven highlights this as an emergency hidden in plain sight, emphasizing that 25% of those enrolled in school are chronically absent. Hoeven describes the situation as 'literally life or death.' The state needs to address the severe and long-lasting consequences of pandemic school closures by finding and engaging these disconnected youths. Hoeven argues that California owes a huge debt to these young people and must act to prevent further loss of educational and workforce engagement.
OPINION: "With a history of touting itself as the state that led the way for paid family leave, California has an opportunity to uphold this reputation. Nobody should have to fear financial hardship" because of having a baby, Jenna Hewitt King writes. https://t.co/y3CdEO4Y1E
OPINION: "We can't afford to lose track of more kids than we already have," writes @emily_hoeven. https://t.co/u90RuYhJg5
OPINION: “Given the severe and long-lasting consequences of California’s pandemic school closures, the state owes these youth a huge debt. It needs to find and engage kids who have become completely disconnected from school or work,” Emily Hoeven writes. https://t.co/gEpptCkOnT
OPINION: "We can't afford to lose track of more kids than we already have," writes @emily_hoeven. https://t.co/j8TkzjsIzd
OPINION: "It's an emergency hidden in plain sight: hundreds of thousands of California kids and young adults aren't in school or working. And no one seems to know for sure where they are or what they're doing," writes @emily_hoeven. https://t.co/PkztQlFMfE
My latest column: Post-COVID, hundreds of thousands of CA youth aren’t in school or working. No one knows where they are or what they’re doing. 25% of kids actually enrolled in school are chronically absent. CA needs to treat this like the emergency it is.https://t.co/odDkv2I2H1
OPINION: “It’s an emergency hidden in plain sight: Hundreds of thousands of California kids and young adults aren’t in school or working. And no one seems to know for sure where they are or what they’re doing,” columnist Emily Hoeven writes. https://t.co/p7upZE80iQ
‘Literally life or death’: California kids are disappearing from school and the workforce. No one knows where they are https://t.co/VOJZfv78P2
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