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Luna Olivia Lindstrom sits in the Frick Fine Arts Building at the University of Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Photo by Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource)

‘Anti-trans’ speakers are coming to Pitt. Student safety and speech rights collide.

by Emma Folts March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

In an environment of rising rhetoric against transgender people, impending presentations by the College Republicans and Turning Point USA have energized debate on hateful speech on campus.

Pittsburgh Public Schools Student Voice members (from left) Isaiah Trumbull, Pavel Marin and Andrea Edwards at the Student Voice Conference held on March 3, 2022 at Duquesne University. (Photo by Lajja Mistry/PublicSource)

‘By us, for us.’ PPS students make decisions on how to spend ESSER funds

by Lajja Mistry March 22, 2023March 21, 2023

The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, as seen beyond the William Pitt Union on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Oakland. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Pitt has launched a program to support students in crisis. It’s unclear how well it’s working.

by Emma Folts March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

A Penn Hills Elementary School hallway. (Photo by Oliver Morrison/PublicSource)

What’s next for PA schools? The state Ed Department isn’t talking, but Pittsburgh educators and advocates are

by Lajja Mistry March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

Alex Tabor sits in a chair, looking out the window.

At Pitt, CMU, ‘We’re workers when they want us to be, but then we’re graduate students when they don’t want to pay us’

by Emma Folts March 2, 2023March 6, 2023

A student walks down a hallway at UPrep Milliones on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. (Photo by Amaya Lobato-Rivas/PublicSource)

UPrep’s resets: A school meant to bring Pitt’s resources to Hill students goes back to the drawing board

by Alexandra Ross February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Photo illustration of three hands holding up graduation caps

Graduating in Pennsylvania is about to get more complicated. Are schools ready?

by Dakota Castro-Jarrett February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Two houses, one high and one low, and some U.S. currency. (Illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)

Tables turn on Allegheny County assessments, as new math favors owners over tax collectors, schools

by Oliver Morrison and Julia Zenkevich February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Alexis, photographed at Gwen’s Girls on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, on the North Side. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

A new Gwen’s Girls initiative aims to reduce juvenile justice referrals in Allegheny County

by Lajja Mistry February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Sister Janet Folkl talks in the toiletries section of the La Roche Providence Pantry, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at La Roche University in McCandless. The pantry was accessed by students from 37 countries including the U.S. last year. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

One in three students experience food insecurity nationwide. With state funding, local universities are ramping up efforts to tackle it.

by Emma Folts February 13, 2023February 14, 2023