by Thrive Chicago | Jun 28, 2022 | Data, Opportunity Youth
Through the years, Thrive Chicago’s Data and Learning Team has examined increasingly refined data from the U.S. Census and other sources to better understand the unique needs of Opportunity Youth (OY)—young adults ages 16 to 24 who are out of school and out of work....
by Thrive Chicago | May 23, 2022 | Data, My Brother's Keeper
The powerful benefits of elevating representation in teaching It’s long been known that teaching is primarily a white and female profession. In Chicago, like many other urban centers throughout the country, the gap between the races of students and their teachers is a...
by Thrive Chicago | May 18, 2022 | Narrative Change, Youth Development
For the Curie High School Robotics Club, a video storytelling project became something much more than an opportunity to document their robots in competition with other schools. “Being able to tell my story and my friends’ story and the story of robotics,” says...
by Thrive Chicago | May 11, 2022 | My Brother's Keeper, Opportunity Youth, Uncategorized
Wednesday, April 6, was already shaping up to be a memorable day when students from Thrive Chicago’s “Intro to Urban Education” (IUE) pilot program arrived at the United Center for a very special evening. IUE is part of Thrive’s larger “Male Educators of Color”...
by Thrive Chicago | Apr 4, 2022 | Data, Narrative Change, Opportunity Youth
A young man in Little Village graduated from high school, but a year later, he has yet to enroll in community college because he doesn’t have the resources. Mental health challenges kept a 24-year-old young woman in Roseland from enrolling in a postsecondary program....
