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California crunch

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: April 7, 2010

It shouldn’t be news to anyone that California is in a major crunch these days, and not the granola kind. The budget crisis has gotten so bad that in Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has threatened to shut down the entire city government for two days a week to save money.
KPCC’s Air Talk had [...]

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Day of action for education

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: March 4, 2010

Students and education advocates in California took to the streets today to protest budget cuts to public school programs. Youth Radio’s correspondents were following the story and collecting perspectives.

Asked what she thinks California will look like in ten years given what’s happening in public education today, 21-one-year-old Taylor Kohles said, “We need to change [...]

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Tough times for Latino teens

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: December 28, 2009

It’s been a hard year for many, but several stories this week highlight just how tough for some teenagers – in particular the children of Latino immigrants to the U.S.
Teens are facing a high unemployment rate, and overall are working hard to cut back, particularly at this spendy time of year, as the New [...]

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Tackling tuition

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: November 20, 2009

Here in California, education has been making headlines this week, as the University of California board of regents voted to increase tuition more than 30%. And California is hardly alone. Across the country, education is being affected by the recession.
In New Hampshire, some students are facing a subprime loan crisis much like the housing [...]

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School’s in

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: September 4, 2009

It’s Labor Day weekend, and Tuesday students all over the country will be heading back to school – some to the neighborhood elementary school, others to colleges far away, but a larger number than usual are starting classes at community colleges. Why the uptick?
The struggling economy has boosted community college enrollment all over the country, [...]

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