Education

 

• ‘They’re in deep hiding’: Pandemic hinders efforts to reengage Texas’ disconnected youth

  Education and employment trends suggest that the number of 16–24-year-olds disconnected from both work and school—known as opportunity youth—has grown during the pandemic.

  February 23, 2022

• Skipping school: Enrollment numbers down for students ages 16–24 during pandemic

  Pandemic-related hardships likely contributed to a surge in the number of young people disconnected from school at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

  January 24, 2022

• Austin partnership supports parenting students to build opportunity across generations

  Family Pathways works with parenting students enrolled in high-demand degree programs at Austin Community College to promote economic mobility for lower-income families.

  January 05, 2022

• Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2021

  Go Figure: Pandemic, Remote Learning Undo STAAR Test Gains; Texas Student Scores Slide

  Hispanic and Black students’ scores on the 2021 exam fell more than those of white students and reversed previous years' gains.

  December 17, 2021

• Employment Numbers Suggest Young People Face Barriers in Recovery from Pandemic

  Unemployment rates spiked for young adults in the initial months of the COVID recession. Since that time, younger members of this cohort (ages 16-19) have substantially recovered, while older members (ages 20-24) continue to see unemployment rates well above pre-COVID levels.

  December 09, 2021

• Partnership Emphasizes Education to Make Permian Basin a Better Place to Live

  As a participant in the Dallas Fed's Advance Together initiative, the Education Partnership of the Permian Basin is accelerating a collective approach to addressing education, workforce and quality-of-life needs.

  November 15, 2021

• Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2021

  Technology Displaced Workers in Pandemic; Retraining Must Expand

  Tamar Jacoby, president of Opportunity America, discusses the pandemic, worker mobility and job training.

  September 30, 2021

• Spanish-Speaking Growth in Texas Reinforces Need to Close Education Gaps

  The Eleventh Federal Reserve District has the second-largest native Spanish-language population in the Federal Reserve System. That population will grow further as the number of Hispanics exceeds 20 million in Texas alone by 2050.

  August 03, 2021

• Putting Manufacturing Jobs on the Map: Dallas Fed, Big Country Alliance Partner to Grow West Texas Workforce

  Manufacturing jobs present the potential for many workers to make a living wage.

  July 15, 2021

• Se Habla Español: U.S. Yet to Realize Many Benefits of a Growing Bilingual Population

  The Spanish-only-speaking population in the U.S. faces many challenges that include overcoming often lesser income prospects compared with monolingual English speakers.

  July 13, 2021