Cafeteria workers vote, but union dispute continues
Author: by Gustavo Martinez Contreras The fight between two unions to represent 2,300 School District cafeteria workers is not over yet, despite an election that gave UNITE HERE an ample 2-1 margin of...
View ArticleFight is on to restore budget cuts, but they may get worse
Author: by Paul Socolar Author Bio: Contact Notebook Editor Paul Socolar at pauls@thenotebook.orgA year ago, some warned of an impending "tsunami" in the 2011 budget process when the School District...
View ArticlePOWER launch promises renewed focus on job readiness, education
by Avi Wolfman-ArentPhiladelphians Organized to Witness, Empower & Rebuild (POWER), a new community organizing initiative, held its opening convention Sunday, unveiling a platform that will focus...
View ArticleDevastada por pérdida de empleos, Kensington ahora enfrenta recortes
Sub Title: La mayoría de los empleadores privados grandes se fueron hace años, y las escuelas, están viendo que sus fondos se acaban. Author: por Paul Jablow Author Bio: El escritor independiente...
View ArticleEnd the neglect
The dropout rate in Philadelphia, though appalling, has diminished slowly and surely. Yet it is hard to cheer small gains when looking at the problem from the vantage point of Kensington, in the heart...
View Article'A ton of barriers to staying in school'
Sub Title: Scholar and mentor Bill McKinney discusses efforts to change the odds of graduation for Black and Latino boys. Featured Title: From the February edition - Q & A with former taskforce...
View ArticleDevastated by job loss, Kensington now hammered by cutbacks
Sub Title: Most big private employers pulled out many years ago. Schools, a potential base for neighborhood recovery, are seeing their budgets sliced dramatically. Featured Title: From the February...
View ArticleA 'collapsed' job market for dropouts
Sub Title: Making sense of the numbers Author: by Benjamin Herold; infographics by Todd Vachon for NewsWorks Author Bio: Benjamin Herold is a reporter for the Notebook and WHYY's NewsWorks.Benjamin...
View ArticleNo diploma, no job
Sub Title: Few U.S. job-seekers face a tougher road than young dropouts from Kensington. Featured Title: From the February edition Author: by Benjamin Herold Author Bio: Benjamin Herold is a...
View ArticleGroup protests new Pa. law on schools and criminal backgrounds
Author: by Samantha Byles Rey Santiago, a former member of the safety and security team at ASPIRA Olney Charter High School, said that he was fired from the school last winter for something he did 23...
View ArticleQuicktakes: With a bad job market and high student debt, does college still...
Author: Interviews by Samantha Coggin, photos by Jason Lozada Earnest Okonofua Community College of Philadelphia student“You are always going to be at an advantage if you have a college degree,...
View ArticlePutting young people to work
Philadelphia is facing a summer jobs crisis. Due to diminishing federal funds and the recession, estimates suggest that only 5,400 young people will work this summer through WorkReady Philadelphia, the...
View ArticleLearning from Chicago
Sub Title: As charters and cuts erode teacher jobs here, Philadelphians draw lessons from the organizing successes of another big-city union. Author: by Bill Hangley, Jr. Author Bio: Bill Hangley,...
View ArticleJUNTOS joins nationwide push to support immigrant students
Author: by Kofi Biney In June the Obama administration implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, giving certain undocumented youth a chance to receive deportation...
View ArticleJUNTOS ayuda estudiantes a conseguir estatus de Acción Diferida
Author: por Kofi Biney En junio, la administración Obama implantó el programa Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (conocido como DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), el cual les da a ciertos menores...
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