Byline: JOANN LOVIGLIO Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA -- From the outside, the high school resembles many of its urban counterparts: The imposing structure, humbled by years of budgetary belt-tightening, stands its ground in a neighborhood troubled by drugs and poverty.
But walk inside Jules E. Mastbaum Vocational Arts High School, down the din-filled hallways and through a dingy cafeteria, and the scent of sauteing garlic and marinating scallops wafts from a kitchen-classroom.
The aroma sends a clear message: Mastbaum is no ordinary ``vo-tech.''
The inner-city school is one of 18 Philadelphia public schools and more than 200 nationwide that have transformed their old home-economics curricula through the Careers …
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