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Apr 15, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
1/7 Young adults are getting rocked by this recession. If we learned anything from the #GFC, we know the recovery will be slow & costly for them. But doesn’t have to be. We can act now to prevent another “lost” generation. My take: newamerica.org/education-poli…@NewAmericaEd2/7 Recessions hit young people hard. Recoveries reach them late. Already, youth #unemployment has topped 14%. Many students are rethinking college plans, questioning the wisdom of taking on debt in this economy. Tens of thousands of US teens are MIA from virtual HS classes.