‘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
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