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Neuman, Susan B.; Celano, Donna C. – American Educator, 2012
Like a bright beacon on the hill, the Lillian Marrero public library rises majestically above the deserted buildings and bulldozed voids below on Germantown Avenue. Here in the heart of what is known as the Philadelphia Badlands, makeshift garbage dumps line the sidewalks. The tall grass that surrounds abandoned lots does nothing to obscure the…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Political Divisions (Geographic), Public Libraries, Poverty
Herzenberg, Stephen; Price, Mark; Wood, Michael – Keystone Research Center, 2014
Pennsylvania's deep cuts in funding to K-12 education since 2010-11 have drawn a great deal of attention in recent months. Less widely recognized is the fact that Pennsylvania enacted even deeper cuts, on a percentage basis, to funding for public higher education in the same period. Four-year colleges received the largest reductions in funding,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Investment, Educational Opportunities, Educational Development
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Accardi, Steven – Composition Studies, 2017
Penn State Hazleton sits at the very edge of town, on the top of a large hill, literally, as far removed from Hazleton as it possibly can be. Only a handful of professors actually live in Hazleton, and nearly all students return home for the weekend. Compared with the main campus, the student population at Penn State Hazleton is quite diverse.…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Community Involvement, Business, Unskilled Workers
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Hobbs, Renee; Moore, David Cooper – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2014
The youth media movement, which now has a place in countless venues, communities, and scholarly discourses, reflects an evolution of practices pioneered in the 1950s and 1960s as amateur filmmaking increasingly became a reality in American families and schools. In this paper, we examine the films of Robert J. Clark, Jr. as a representative early…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities, Mass Media, Film Study
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Conner, Jerusha; Slattery, Amanda – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
As the gulfs between low-income and more affluent youth widen, researchers and practitioners continue to search for effective means of closing gaps in academic achievement, digital participation, and civic engagement. This article examines how youth organizing offers a bridge across these divides. We consider how one youth organizing group, The…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Achievement Gap
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Scheinberg, Joshua; Radhakrishna, Rama; Cutter, Catherine N. – Journal of Extension, 2013
A needs assessment survey was developed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of poultry vendors at farmers' markets in Pennsylvania, on food safety, regulation, and poultry production. Vendors were administered a 32-question paper survey, in person, during market hours. The results revealed critical vendor practices and identified important…
Descriptors: Retailing, Agribusiness, Food Standards, Safety Education
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Olson, Jonathan R.; Goddard, H. Wallace – Youth & Society, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of depressive symptoms among adolescents using concepts drawn from two theoretical models that underlie popular youth-focused programs. Specifically, we assessed the degree to which family-level risk factors increase the likelihood of depressive symptoms, and the degree to which community and/or…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Predictor Variables, At Risk Persons
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Scott, Janelle; Quinn, Rand – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: In this essay, we examine the racial politics of education in the six decades after "Brown". We consider the state of educational policy in an era in which market reform advocates often invoke the spirit of the "Brown" decision even as the Supreme Court has largely vacated the legal framework provided by…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational History, United States History, School Desegregation
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Conner, Jerusha – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
This study examines the learning outcomes and learning environment of a youth organizing program that has been effective in promoting individual as well as social change. Drawing on interviews with 25 former youth organizers from the program, this study explores the lessons that stay with them as they transition to young adulthood and the factors…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Singh, Reema; Karam, Rita; Ortiz, David S.; Robson, Sean; Phillips, Andrea; Hunter, Gerald Paul – RAND Corporation, 2015
The U.S. energy sector has become highly innovative in developing and applying new technologies. These innovations often require higher-paid, more-highly skilled labor, yet many employers in the region report that they have difficulty filling jobs, particularly for medium-skilled (or semi skilled) positions that require only a high school…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Energy, Technological Advancement, Semiskilled Workers
Ghubril, Saleem – Voices in Urban Education, 2013
The nonprofit community-based organization Pittsburgh Promise aims to help revitalize Pittsburgh and its public school system by offering college scholarships to any Pittsburgh Public School graduate who meets the academic requirements. Executive director Saleem Ghubril spoke with "Voices in Urban Education" guest editor Jacob Mishook…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Community Programs, Community Organizations
DeArmond, Michael; Denice, Patrick; Gross, Betheny; Hernandez, Jose; Jochim, Ashley – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
This report provides a new resource for understanding the state of urban public schools in the U.S. Geared specifically toward city leaders who want to evaluate how well traditional district and charter schools are serving all their city's children and how their schools compare to those in other cities, the report measures outcomes for all public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Low Income Students
Andreassen, Alexandra – Online Submission, 2013
A variety of recent research has shown that the academic achievement gap has been growing between low- and middle-income students. Socioeconomic status has proven to have a large influence on academic attainment as well as the educational opportunities that a child is offered. This paper argues that, because poverty significantly affects children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Middle Class, Low Income Groups
Kezar, Adrianna; Maxey, Daniel – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2012
The nature of the American academic workforce has fundamentally shifted over the past several decades. Whereas full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty were once the norm, more than two-thirds of the professoriate in non-profit postsecondary education is now comprised of non-tenure-track faculty. New hires across all institutional types are now…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Best Practices, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Exceptional Parent, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of children and youth with disabilities across the country are receiving secondary transition services. Secondary transition is the process of preparing students with disabilities for life after they leave high school, including participation in post-secondary education or training, employment and independent living.…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
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