Tomasz Deptula, Editor of Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News, is the guest editor and Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue
newsWhile high school graduation rates are on the rise, English learners still lack support"Here I was trying my best to grasp the language and succeed, yet I found very little help in terms of English instruction to learn the language and any kind of technical support to ensure the requirements I needed to meet to get out of there," said Cawalla, a recent immigrant from Haiti. more> Pedagogy and profits: Charter school bid raises questionsThe involvement of a curriculum-providing company called K12 Classroom LLC – whose chairman, Andrew H. Tisch, is the brother-in-law of New York State Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch – could be a test of the state's new charter-schools law which forbids for-profit charter school management. more> Campaign for paid sick days in NYC"Many times while I've been working, I've seen children sick with fever and I sent them home, but the very next day they came back. When I called up the parents, they said there was no way that their children could stay at home because they wouldn't get paid," Judith Arrollo, president of Local 436, which represents nurses that work in the city's public schools said. more> Caribbean businesses across country may get financial boost from small business jobs bill approved by U.S. Senate"We definitely need to ensure that the message about the funds' availability is widely disseminated to the business owners who are struggling to survive in the face of an acute shortage of operating capital," says CACCI President Dr. Roy Hastick. more> President Mary McAleese declines St. Patrick’s Day NYC Grand Marshal inviteOfficials in the president's office were reluctant to become embroiled in a major controversy about her taking part in the parade, which has excluded gay organizations for over 20 years. more> Dream Act debateMarch for the Dream Act
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editorialsThe Graduate: Hunter high school student calls out segregated systemNew York City's public school system is frequently depicted as underperforming, failing or dysfunctional. But inside that larger system is an elite core of schools and programs segregated by race, class and ability. more> Latinas and the Great RecessionPrior to the recession, Latina workers were already at the bottom of the barrel in comparison to women of other racial groups. more> Hispanic women increasingly out of work
October 2nd One Nation Rally: Demand the change we voted forMillions of Americans want to know – if we can bail out big banks and investment firms on Wall Street, why can't we bring good jobs to Main Street? If education is the gateway to prosperity and a life of meaning, why are so many of our schools failing so many of our children? more> One Nation Working Together
briefsElection WatchBlack Leaders Denounce Paladino
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CUNY new home for Voices and Ippies Awards
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is proud to be the new home for Voices That Must Be Heard. Over the next few months, we will be reaching out to community and ethnic journalists to get their feedback on Voices, as we develop our plans for expanding the publication's content and audience. Stay tuned!
ReportNYCMA releases Education Fellowship 2010 anthology
NYCMANYCMA Ethnic Media Student Internship Program
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
Check out student interns' stories
NYCMA is thrilled to announce the start of our summer internship program. We are able to place high school seniors with a passion for journalism in the real world of pad and pen. Students are given a rare insight and understanding into the power and function of New York's community media and the ability to hone writing skills in preparation for a career in journalism. This program is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
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