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Description
Ideas and information about how to get opportunity youth back on track with post secondary education, job training and career development are shared during the Aspen Conference held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Back Bay. Mayor Walsh delivered the keynote address and was followed by a panel discussion that included BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang, moderated by Boston's Chief of Education, Turahn Dorsey. Watch the full event:https://youtu.be/lH4wF54RZYY
A
In
Boston,
we
realized
that
if
we
want
to
be
a
city
of
opportunity,
we
can't
leave
anyone
behind
that's
vitally
important
for
us
as
we
move
forward
here,
and
we
can't
waste
anyone's
talents.
That's
why
we
decided
to
do
things
a
little
differently
in
our
city.
We
started
asking
young
people
who
have
dropped
out
of
school,
what
they
wanted
to
and
and
how
they
want
to
potentially
get
to
education
in
another
way.
A
It's
thanks
to
the
expertise
and
dedication
of
leaders
like
you
in
coalition's,
like
the
Boston
opportunity,
youth
collaborative
in
the
end
that
comes
down
to
one
thing,
letting
young
people
know
in
authentic
ways
that
they
belong,
that
they
their
future
is
important
and
that
their
future
is
our
future.
It's
not
just
them,
and
it's
all
of
us
together.
We
have
to
continue
to
do
that.
One.
B
Of
the
things
that
I
will
say
about,
Boston
is
it's
a
city
where
it's
about
three
degrees
of
separation
and
not
six
degrees
of
separation,
and
so
that
may
be
one
of
the
secret
components
here
there
are
people
who
don't
work
with
each
other,
but
they
actually
know
each
other.
It's
just
an
unproductive
relationship.
We
can
change
that.
C
Here
the
100%
graduation-
that
is
our
goal.
We
hear
that
and
goal
for
multiple
systems.
I
could
get
a
hundred
percent
graduation
massa
public
schools
if
I
lower
the
graduation
requirement
to
such
a
low
level
that
everything
badly
that
doesn't
solve
any
problem.
I,
really
think
that,
though
our
North
Star
needs
to
be
guided
differently,
it
needs
to
be
about
college,
it
has
to
be
about
career
and
actually
has
to
be
about
life.