EDUCATION

Some Pittsburgh schools make progress despite chronic problems, A+ Schools reports

By Mary Niederberger | 6 mins ago

The issues facing Pittsburgh Public Schools — chronic absenteeism, racial achievement gaps, underrepresentation of Black students in gifted programs and significant overrepresentation of Black students among those suspended — aren’t new.

And while those trends are outlined in the statistics of A+ Schools 125-page report to the community released Monday morning, the major focus of Executive Director James Fogarty’s presentation was on schools that are making progress in reversing the negative trends.

EDUCATION

What level of access should city police have to Pittsburgh schools?

By Mary Niederberger | September 19, 2019

The Pittsburgh school board will vote next month on a revised memorandum of understanding between the district and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police that appears to give city officers less authority to arrest students at school for past offenses than a previously proposed memorandum.