By Tom Karmel

Young people will have the best chance of success if they have a choice of pathways to help them make the transition from school to work, further education and/or training. These pathways must be backed up by programs designed to boost key numeracy and literacy skills. That's the message from the Young People: Finding their way policy forum held in Melbourne on 10 November. The forum was held to showcase how data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) could be used to inform evidence-based policy.

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