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Aerie'Onna Johnson, 10, and her mother, Ashlee Johnson, sit together on Monday, April 10, 2023, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Allegheny in Central Northside. Aerie’Onna comes to the library after school for weekly tutoring through the Homeless Children’s Education Fund. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

How a Pittsburgh family made sure that being unhoused wouldn’t mean losing out on school

by Lajja Mistry April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

Schools and organizations work to provide educational supports for students experiencing homelessness.

Paloma Del Toro, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University, sits for a portrait in Baker Hall on March 23, 2023. Del Toro started at a community college but transferred to CMU, taking out about $20,000 total. That debt would be wiped out under President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Student loan forgiveness faces an uncertain future. What does that mean for Pittsburghers?

by Emma Folts and Betul Tuncer April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

From left, Westinghouse Academy students Amber Taylor, 18, of Wilkinsburg, Miyah Hall, 16, of Lincoln-Lemington, Sanai Banks, 16, of North Homewood, and La’Niya Brown, 16, of Turtle Creek, share a laugh as they unwind from a day of school during a HYPE (Homewood Youth-Powered and Engaged) Media workshop after school on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the University of Pittsburgh Community Engagement Center in Homewood. The project aims to reframe the narrative of Homewood by introducing media tools and social justice research skills to students living and studying there. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Teen girls work to address their mental health crisis, and tell Pittsburgh: ‘Our voices matter.’

by Lajja Mistry March 30, 2023April 25, 2023

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

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

Ja'Nya Coleman on vacation with family in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Inside Ja’Nya’s film lab: How a 10th grader is scripting her future, her way | S4, Ep. 8

by Jourdan Hicks February 1, 2023January 31, 2023

From left, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium President and CEO Dr. Jeremy Goodman, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh President Andrew Medlar, Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania President and CEO Sydney Etheredge and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh CEO Becky Flaherty (Photo by Becky Thurner Braddock/Pittsburgh Magazine)

The Great Resignation opened top jobs at nonprofits — and is proving a giant headache for those who filled them

by Adam Smeltz January 23, 2023January 27, 2023

Carlow University President Kathy Humphrey speaks during at interview at the school on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Oakland. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

What’s driving shifts in higher ed leadership? Social pressures, pandemic exhaustion and declining enrollment

by Emma Folts January 23, 2023January 25, 2023

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This preteen is proud of her police officer dad, and also has ideas for better policing | S4, Ep. 7

by Jourdan Hicks January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Pittsburgh schools enter long-delayed pact with police

by Lajja Mistry December 21, 2022December 21, 2022