Summary: Two previous Policy Briefs (Vol. 20, No. 39 and Vol. 21, No. 23) discussed Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER I and
School closings, borrowings to close a budget deficit, and calling on employees to make sacrifices: that’s happening in the Philadelphia School District.
What an unsurprising report finding. Pittsburgh’s magnet schools show higher levels of achievement than non-magnet schools. An easily predicted result. Can anyone with a modicum
In what has to be an action that completely captures all that is wrong with Pittsburgh Schools, the Board is refusing to sell an abandoned
According to published reports several anonymous foundations have decided to offer $200k over the next five years to the Pittsburgh Public Schools in order to
Late last week the Pittsburgh Board of Education approved a new set of guidelines on how to dispose of surplus property. With declining enrollment and
The advocacy group A+ Schools has produced its annual report card on how well the Pittsburgh Public Schools leadership-the nine member elected school board-handles itself.
Is there a conservative urban agenda? If so, what does it look like? Even more to the point, are there any cities in Pennsylvania exhibiting
Our recent Brief on the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program and its effects on enrollment and achievement can be expanded upon with the arrival of new
The superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools wants to move relations with the charter schools in the City from what it is now, which she described
