While lauding the school district’s improving achievement scores in the 2008-2009 school year, the superintendent studiously avoided a thorough discussion of two troublesome and
Last week the state reported that more stringent security measures had been implemented for 2012 PSSA testing as a result of evidence that scores were
Last week was a bounty of good news for boosters of the Pittsburgh Promise. It was announced that $160 million had been raised over the
No, not another event on the scale of the G-20; this time, it is a summit on education. Funded by a $10k grant from
Principals in the Pittsburgh schools were recipients of bonuses totaling $300,000 for achieving goals set for them. Very laudable. Rewarding exceptional achievement is a
In a stunning bit of news, it is reported that John Tarka, head of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, agreed in principle to the
In what has to be an action that completely captures all that is wrong with Pittsburgh Schools, the Board is refusing to sell an
According to published reports several anonymous foundations have decided to offer $200k over the next five years to the Pittsburgh Public Schools in order
A+ Schools, a group ostensibly concerned with improving education in Pittsburgh public schools, is very disturbed by the high turnover rate of teachers in
Late last week the Pittsburgh Board of Education approved a new set of guidelines on how to dispose of surplus property. With declining enrollment
