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Find your career: 12 more free or affordable job-training programs in Philly
From Billy Penn: Part II of list of programs that provide the tools, guidance and confidence needed to land solid work. (Read more.)
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HBCU’s as engines of economic mobility
Resolve Philadelphia supported Fun Times to produce a series about the role of historically Black colleges and universities as engines of economic mobility. See their reporting, which was the cover story of their July/August print edition, at the links below.
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Broke in Philly: Financial struggles for 1st generation college students
From NBC10/Telemundo62: CCP has a program called Single Stop that helps students secure housing, health insurance, food stamps and get legal advice. (Read more.)
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Home visits from education experts are improving outcomes for Philly kids in poverty
From Generocity: On a home visit, a service provider visits an expecting mother or a parent and young child in their home to discuss maternal health, early childhood development and parent coaching. According to a report by the National Home Visiting Resource Center, these programs can improve infant health, parent-child relationships and early childhood education. (Read more.)
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Many U.S. kids can’t swim and are at risk for drowning
From Philadelphia Media Network: A 2017 study by researchers at the University of Memphis found that 64 percent of African American children, 45 percent of Hispanic children, and 40 percent of Caucasian children in the United States have no or low swimming ability, putting them at risk for drowning. (Read more.)
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Helping foster youth attain college and persist there
From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: The Field Center is working with eight area colleges and universities in a Foster Care to College program to provide the support that foster youth need to get to and through college. (Read more.)
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Pa. bills would subsidize the costs of college
From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Philadelphia legislators have introduced bills in the state Senate and House of Representatives that would give low-income and middle-class students full tuition scholarships to community colleges and state-related universities. (Read more.)
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How to break poverty cycles throughout education in ElBarrio North Philly
A school that is located right in the center of the opioid epidemic in Kensington, works as one of the best schools for K-12; bilingual, international bachelor, technology. In other words, they offer the type of education that a private school would offer. From: ParaTiMujer Radio Program (Read more.)
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Educators help students sample new careers
With hands-on experience in various trades, teens can make more-informed decisions about their postsecondary plans. From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook (Read more.)
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Suburban schools’ residency enforcement disproportionately affects kids of color
Every year, hundreds of kids are kicked out of suburban Philadelphia school districts for residency fraud. Maybe even thousands. This little-discussed corner of the K-12 world contains so many of the issues that shape education in Pennsylvania today. (Read more.)