250How's It Going?America's 250-year checkup · federal data, same yardstick
Everyday Life · Question 3IN PROGRESS

Do I have what I need to get ahead?

Education access, training, infrastructure, and whether the ladder up still has rungs on it.

WHAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE
College cost vs. median income over time
Source: NCES, Census
Student debt levels by generation
Source: Federal Reserve, Dept. of Education
Intergenerational mobility (% who out-earn parents)
Source: Chetty / Opportunity Insights
Apprenticeship / trade school access
Source: Dept. of Labor
Broadband / internet access by income
Source: FCC, Census ACS
PLANNED DEMOGRAPHIC DRILL-DOWN

Where the federal data supports it, every metric here will break down by race/ethnicity, gender, income quintile, age, education, and geography — and where a breakdown isn't available, we'll say so out loud rather than hide the gap.

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