Report recommends investment in youth employment – Center Square

The Alternative Schools Network commissioned the report by the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Great Cities Institute, which found that, across the state, more than 163,000 16-to-24-year-olds are not working or in school. Executive Director Jack Wuest said the state of Illinois should spend $300 million to address youth joblessness, instead of spending on other projects like transit or sports stadiums.
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William Butler Hickok
1 year ago

Do these kids even know how to read or do simple math? What the hell is a job going to do if simple things cannot be done. Put that blame on the schools!
Forget sports stadiums and transit, if we do not have the money don’t spend it. All these
“ usual gang of idiots “, end up doing is raising the taxes, forget about it.

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