Houstoun, president of the William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers her views on how communities and organizations can help schools decrease high school dropout rates. Methods used include making the problem more widely known, finding out why students are dropping out, and ...
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“Nearly 2 million more Palestinians under bombardment or displaced. Homes destroyed, neighborhoods in rubble, cities in ruin. Families without food, water, medicine. It’s heartbreaking.” This was the kind of full-throated statement pro-Palestinian voices wanted to hear from Biden...
Even though some cities have no minimum notice period, Pennsylvania law still requires that parties to a contract act in good faith, meaning that a landlord should give the tenant reasonable notice when increasing rent. The amount of notice required to terminate a tenancy also serves as reasonable...
Pennsylvania's share of eligible Latino voters has more than doubled since 2000, the data shows. Roughly about half of the Latino population lives in the center part of the state called the "222 Corridor" — a stretch of small cities including Reading, Allentown, Lancaster and Bethlehem, ...
Discovering the Best Christmas Light Displays in the USA As the holiday season approaches, cities across the United States transform into sparkling wonderlands, each boasting unique and breathtaking Christmas light displays. Whether you’re a local or a traveler, there’s something truly... ...
According to analysis by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, "That index does not accurately capture annual changes in the general price level of the basket of goods and services that retirees purchase, which includes more health-care-related items and less work-relate...
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“In California, it’s a fact of life,” says Brett Wasserman, a partner who handles real estate law at the legal offices of Marc Bronstein in Santa Monica, California. “When you have cities and states that have lots of services that they provide, they have to raise that revenue someho...
In his poem "The Dry Salvages," T.S. Eliot described the river as "a strong brown god," a powerful force that, while often patient and nurturing, frequently proves itself untamable and merciless. The greatest cities in human history have risen up on the banks of rivers ...