09.21.2012 news
If you're down in the dumps and in need of something to lift your spirits, tune in to the work being highlighted this week at the Opportunity Nation Summit. The word "opportunity" has been used and abused for as long as I can remember, but in this case it rings true.
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Vermonters have the best chance of economic success and upward mobility, while Nevadans have the deck stacked against them, according to the Opportunity Index issued today by the group Opportunity Nation.
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Gov. Deval Patrick, (D-Mass.), on efforts to improve the educational system and boost job growth in his state and across the country.
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The Opportunity Nation Summit highlighted ways that thought-leaders are breaking the mold when it comes to advancing economic mobility.
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More than 1200 leaders from across the political spectrum and representing every corner of society gathered today to support Opportunity Nation's national Shared Plan of action, an eight-point plan combining public and private sector efforts to create new pathways for young adults to succeed in high school, post-secondary education, and careers.
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More than 1,000 political and cultural leaders crowded campus to pick out education as the root cause of America’s opportunity gap.
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A new report released this week found that 29 million jobs in the United States -- nearly half of all jobs that pay middle class wages -- now require more than a high school diploma but less than a Bachelor's degree. And by 2018, nearly 63 percent of America's jobs will require a postsecondary certificate or degree.
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This September, Opportunity Nation will host its second national Summit to shine a spotlight on one of the earliest and most critical rungs on the ladder of opportunity: ensuring that the rising generation is equipped with the skills needed to compete in the current and future economies.
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Next week in Washington, Rubio and Patrick are scheduled to share the headliner role at a conference sponsored by Opportunity Nation, a new organization whose guiding principle is that “the Zip Code you’re born into shouldn’t determine your destiny.”
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In 1931, the great American writer and historian James Truslow Adams coined the term “the American Dream” in his novel, The Epic of America. This dream, Adams declared, was predicated on life being “better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability of achievement regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.”
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