If Obama or Romney start asking this question...

I was reviewing the essays on my site with a new follower who I met on Twitter today and he pointed to the graphic below and said "That's a really important question."

I've included this slide and versions of it in many of the essays I share here and here, but don't think I've posted it on the blog before.

We don't know all of the answers for what it will take to assure that every youth born in a high poverty neighborhood is starting a job/career by his/her mid twenties, but if leaders are not asking the question we can never build up enough answers.