Education

Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council rebrands as Literacy Pittsburgh to highlight services beyond reading

by Sabrina Bodon on May 2, 2018 at 2:46PM

call and say they need help.” In the last year, 184 people who were unemployed before becoming students found employment following programs provided by Literacy Pittsburgh, according to Block.

Duquesne University students volunteer to help integrate and educate Pittsburgh refugees

by Ryan Deto on April 6, 2018 at 5:30PM

meet an immigrant and realize they are not violent, then they will realize this issue is not what they think it is.” Toomer says that beyond helping refugees adjust to American life, she hopes the program will help native-born residents change some of their preconceived notions about immigrants and refugees.

As part of National Walkout Day, Pittsburgh-area students demonstrate, call for stricter gun laws

by Ryan Deto on March 14, 2018 at 5:24PM

Oakland Catholic president Mary Claire Kasunic said almost all of the 550 students attended the 10 a.m. gym demonstration, which included a prayer and tribute to the Parkland victims. Seventeen chairs stood in the middle of the gym and 17 students and teachers read the bios of Parkland victims.

University of Pittsburgh grad students want a public-health building on campus renamed

by Ryan Deto on March 2, 2018 at 5:40PM

name taken off the building,” says Cartus. “This is part of what is going on right now.

Pittsburgh teachers union returns to the negotiating table after unanimously authorizing strike

by Rebecca Addison on February 16, 2018 at 1:40PM

"I want the community to know that our educators want to be in school with your kids, but we will fight for what we know is in the best interests of students and schools," Esposito-Visgitis said. "There are a number of important issues that we still need to resolve that will affect students on a daily basis.

Pittsburgh and Japanese college students celebrate city's first Coming of Age Day

by Ryan Deto on January 24, 2018 at 4:00PM

A select number of students from a university in Hiroshima, Japan, spent time in Pittsburgh over this holiday. Luckily for them, the University of Pittsburgh and Japan Association of Greater Pittsburgh decided it was time to hold a Coming of Age ceremony for the international students, and local American students, to participate in.

Pittsburgh YWCA gathers local organizations to tackle sexual and domestic violence

by Rebecca Addison on October 20, 2016 at 5:18PM

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's lewd comments from 2005 have become widely known in just the few weeks since they were released. But now they're also being used to educate Pittsburgh youth about gender violence.

Public officials calling for removing law enforcement from schools at panel tonight in Pittsburgh

by Ryan Deto on October 20, 2016 at 12:26PM

According to a 2014 report from the U.S. Department of Education for Civil Rights, students of color are disproportionately more likely to be referred to law enforcement and be subject to school-related arrests. This is why a group of local, state and national policy-makers is calling for law enforcement to be removed from public school campuses, instead replaced by additional counselors and social workers.

Free Admission to Pittsburgh-area Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village this weekend

by Bill O'Driscoll on July 26, 2016 at 4:49PM

If you've never been to this remarkable historic site and history center just an hour west of Pittsburgh, — and plenty of Pittsburghers haven't — this offer of free entry is the perfect excuse. Meadowcroft, in Avella, Washington County, is home to what's touted as the longest continuous site of human habitation in North America: a massive rock overhang used as a seasonal shelter by Native Americans as long as 16,000 years ago.

Pittsburgh's superintendent scandal could hurt education discourse

by Rebecca Nuttall on June 10, 2016 at 12:35PM

As a reporter who has covered education in Pittsburgh for nearly eight years, I was disheartened last week to hear that Pittsburgh's newest superintendent Anthony Hamlet was being scrutinized for discrepancies in his resume. A Pittsburgh Post Gazette story about the discrepancies was one of the first things I read this past Saturday after returning from my honeymoon at a resort with spotty WiFi.

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