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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...

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Fight 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...

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POWER 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...

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Devastada 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...

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End 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...

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'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...

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Devastated 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...

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A '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...

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No 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...

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Group 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...

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Quicktakes: 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,...

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Putting 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...

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Learning 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,...

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JUNTOS 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...

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JUNTOS 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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