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...this year after expressing concern over low literacy rates for parents and children, as well as a general lack of parental engagement among low-income families, especially among African-American men. Tasked with cherry-picking the best elements from other programs around the country (and tossing the worst), Karren Dunkley, deputy of the Philadelphia School District's Office of Parent, Family and Community Services, and her colleagues realized that they needed to ground the program within the context of adult continuing education. That is, if you're trying to teach adults something, give them the respect of having it resemble...
...they see Black kids hanging out, they think we're all bad kids," says Kevin Dunkley, who every night sees police cars and wagons cruise Western Avenue, the site of a high amount of drug-related crime...
...others notice that only the Black police officers take time to play basketball or talk with them at the youth center, while the white police "just ride by and stare at us like we're bad kids," says Kevin Dunkley...
...afternoon, Nordic Captain Peter Dillon placed 29th in the cross country event. Andy Demars and Ken Houston finished 38th and 42nd respectively. Stan Dunkley of the University of Vermont, and fresh from the Olympics, beat everyone by over a minute...
Last week in his Chicago hotel, Charlie Dunkley, ruddy-cheeked and hale, sat down to dinner with 300 sportswriters and friends to celebrate his mandatory retirement from the A.P. at 65. While speaker after speaker told stories about him. Dunkley sat glumly in his place. When the time came for his speech, he rose, said quietly: "Let's get drunk and beat up on each other. This is no time for sentiment." Then he sat down to follow his own advice...