What We’re Reading is a weekly series on Beyond the Classroom that highlights recent news and research that informs Communities In Schools’ work to help students succeed.
Communities In Schools of East Texas Site Coordinator Nancy Essary collaborates with a local church to make sure students are fed during long school breaks.
NPR: A growing number of children across the United States rely on free or reduced-priced lunches from schools for healthy meals. But what happens when school is out for the holidays? How do students eat? NPR’s “All Things Considered” explores how local organizations help close the gap when it comes to free meals for students, so no one goes hungry.
Huffington Post: The Great Recession of 2008 was a tough time to graduate from college. The job market was in a severe downturn, and recent grads found themselves struggling to find substantial work, pay off their loans, and strike out on their own. But according to a recent study by the Pew Economic Mobility Project, while many young adults were faced with uncertain futures after receiving their bachelor’s degrees, it was worse for young people who didn’t have degrees at all. Results from the study showed that the unemployment rate for people in their early 20s with college degrees was lower than that of people in the same age range who only had a high school education, even for low-wage jobs like waiting tables and working in retail.
