This Congressional Research Service (CRS) analysis expands the existing research on disconnected youth. The analysis uses Current Population Survey (CPS) data to construct a definition of â??disconnected.â?Ì This definition includes noninstitutionalized youth ages 16 through 24 who did not work or attend school anytime during a previous year and are presently not working or in school (usually sometime in the first quarter of the current year).
Authors: Adrienne L. Fernandes, Thomas Gabe
This brief examines the ability of the Office of Multiple Pathways to Graduation (OMPG) schools to meet the instructional needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), students with special education needs, students who are older with few or no credits, and students who are pregnant or parenting. 12/10/2007
