EVENT
2025 Back to School Summit
SESSION
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
1:30 pm
SESSION OVERVIEW

The Disengaged Teen: Reigniting Curiosity and Connection

What’s behind the teenage disengagement crisis—and how can we fix it? Journalist Jenny Anderson and Brookings’ Rebecca Winthrop explore how re-engaging teens is critical not only for education, but for building skills, expanding social capital, and unlocking economic mobility. Drawing on their new book The Disengaged Teen, they’ll unpack how relevance, agency, and real-world learning can reconnect young people to school, work, and opportunity.