Amid coronavirus outbreak, nearly three-in-ten young people are neither working nor in school
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
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Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
Americans with lower incomes are particularly likely to have concerns related to the digital divide and the digital “homework gap.”
The COVID-19 pandemic sent many on the move to places other than their usual residence – and they may not know where or how to be counted.
64% of parents with children in elementary, middle or high school express at least some concern about their children falling behind.
91% of EU students in primary and secondary school were studying English in 2017 – more than all other foreign languages learned combined.
The educational attainment of recently arrived Latino immigrants in the U.S. has reached its highest level in at least three decades.
As schools close and classes and assignments shift online, some students do not have reliable access to the internet at home.
The gender wage gap narrows as women move into high-skill jobs and acquire more education. Women are now in the majority in jobs that draw most heavily on either social or fundamental skills.
Teens in the South express their religion in school more often than teens in other parts of the United States.
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