Youth Summits: Ready to Succeed
A statewide initiative to increase graduation rates and cultivate education and career options for youth
What: A series of summits focused on youth data related to dropout rates, post-secondary trends, and labor market information.
Who: School leaders, youth-serving community providers, higher education officials, state agencies, and elected officials.
Why: We are working to ensure that all of our youth are succeeding in school and in life. Together we can change the futures of teens and communities across Massachusetts!
The five summits provided an opportunity to:
- Learn how young people are faring across the state as researchers from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University present new data that reveal emerging trends on graduation, employment, and overall well-being of teens in our area.
- Take part in developing new ways to help our youth bridge the worlds of
education and work.
These summits brought together committed partners in business,
education, community organizations, and workforce development to create positive futures and upwardly mobile pathways to education and careers for youth so they are ready to succeed.
View statewide and regional youth indicator data.
The summits were held:
- Merrimack Valley, Greater Lowell, North Shore - March 19, 2009
- Metro South/West, Metro North, South Coastal - March 23, 2009
- Central Massachusetts and North Central Massachusetts - April 16, 2009
- Bristol, Greater New Bedford, Brockton, Cape and the Islands - April 30, 2009
- Franklin/Hampshire, Berkshire County, Hampden County - June 11, 2009
Summits were sponsored by the America’s Promise Alliance, Commonwealth Corporation, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Executive Office of Education, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development in partnership with local Workforce Investment Boards.
