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Many students are aware of what they do not have and they’re worried about how that lack of access has set them up for a future in higher education or the workforce.
Pittsburgh Public Schools is debating a proposal to arm the officers who patrol district schools. The district’s Chief of School Safety George Brown Jr. made the request to arm officers Monday night at the board policy committee meeting. The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, which represents the officers, supports the proposal. However, the proposal doesn’t appear to have the support of the majority of the school board, whose members expressed concerns about the safety of students — black students in particular — if officers were to carry guns. “We know who gets shot: students of color and students with IEPs,” said board member Moira Kaleida, who chaired the Monday meeting.
More than 1,000 people from across the country gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh this week for a national conference focused on increasing college enrollment and graduation rates for students from low-income families or underrepresented groups.
How can the struggling district share services with other districts so that students will have access to more classes and opportunities?
The relationship between Pittsburgh Public Schools and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh will continue now that the mentoring organization has agreed to change questions it asks of prospective mentors about religion, sexual orientation and mental health.
On the 2018 PSSAs, across the district, 46.2 percent of students were proficient in ELA, 28.8 percent in math and 46.2 percent in science.
A singular message rang from the voices of two dozen speakers at the monthly public hearing of the Pittsburgh Public Schools board on Monday:
Don’t let the few objections over questions posed about volunteers’ sexual orientation, religion or other personal matters halt the district’s relationship with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh.
Should volunteer mentors for public school students be required to disclose their sexual orientation?
In communities where neither district nor family budgets allow for the purchase of school supplies, some teachers go to great lengths to fill the gaps.
This chart shows how the disparity in property values from district to district affects the ability to raise local revenue that can be applied to school budgets.
