<p>With the nonprofit College Access, Research and Action (CARA), Lori Chajet organized a groundbreaking method of youth-based support systems to sustain the trajectory of higher education for those without privilege in New York City. Why does it work so well — and could it spread nationwide?</p>

With the nonprofit College Access, Research and Action (CARA), Lori Chajet organized a groundbreaking method of youth-based support systems to sustain the trajectory of higher education for those without privilege in New York City. Why does it work so well — and could it spread nationwide?

Youth As Coaches on the College Path, with Lori Chajet

With their world changing at warp speed, adolescents are living out mind-bending quandaries as they learn in the context of crisis. More than ever, they need teachers to hear their voices and recognize their needs. In this podcast, author Kathleen Cushman invites educators to find new ways of making that happen — the theme of the new book "Fires in Our Lives: Advice for Teachers from Today's High School Students" (The New Press, 2021).

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Youth As Coaches on the College Path, with Lori Chajet

Youth As Coaches on the College Path, with Lori Chajet