have no job and do not go to school. american students who are in class may be doing less because they have less. >> reporter: two studies released this month point to a troubling demographic shift. the southern education foundation found for the first time in 40 years the majority of public school students and 13 southern and four western states are living at poverty levels. >> we have had very real wages for workers with with less experience and less education for more than 30 years. >> another study done by opportunity nation finds one in seven young dulls between the ages of 16 and 24 are disconnected meaning they are neither in school or working. >> we have too many kids graduating from high school who are not well educated. they are not good in reading,