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Integration
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Many immigrants come to America looking for a better life with more opportunities. They come with widely varying levels of education and resources. Many times, generational ...
Burmese youth refugees
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Just over 1000 Burmese refugees settled in Indianapolis last year and that number is projected to grow this year. Carleen Miller, executive director of Exodus Refugee ...
Diversity in schools
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Census figures indicate that Indianapolis’ population has grown 5 percent over the last decade, which is large part (83.4% of which) is due to the immigrant and refugee ...
Immigrant Latino youth activism
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This past December, for the second time in the past five years, the DREAM Act did not become a reality. While the initial reaction for some Latino youth activists was ...
School violence
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Failing neighborhood schools often have neither the support nor resources to turn themselves around. Jesse Sharkey, Vice President of Chicago Teachers Union, says that there ...
Dropouts
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Chicago Public Schools only graduates about half of its seniors each year. For some kids finding a school with a more personal touch is the key.
School choice
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The Chicago public school system aims to educate half a million kids each year. At this time every year, eighth graders are choosing from career academies, neighborhood, ...
School innovations
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Chicago Public Schools only graduates about half of its seniors each year. To engage kids and keep them in class, some schools are trying unique and innovative approaches to ...
Gender and media
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An Annenberg School for Communications 2006 study revealed that of 5,000 movie and TV speaking parts 71 percent were males and only 21 percent were females. According to the ...
A girl on the football team?!
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In the 40 years since Title IX was enacted girls’ participation in high school and college sports has risen over 900 percent. Y-Press radio producer, Grace Moh talks with one ...
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Five Y-Press youth journalists share their thoughts on recent experiences with Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Millie Cripe comments on Clinton's cool factor and her appeal to today's youth. Millie sat in with Sen. Clinton during discussion with the editorial board at The Indianapolis Star. Sixteen year old and new driver Paul Winston feels the pain at the pump and questions if Obama can fix the current situation. Paul attended one of Obama's town hall meetings and captured sound, which he uses in his piece. Sarah Zabel attended an Obama speech and comments on his thoughts on addressing the issue of domestic violence. Becky Magan shares her personal connection to immigration and her thoughts on Clinton's DREAM Act. Finally, thirteen year old Hrishi Deshpande is concerned about Social Security and asked sen. John McCain what he plans to do about it. Hrishi was not too impressed with the senator's answer.
