http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local news on the educational front en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:16:31 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/images/144x39pgtoplogo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015283-58.stm?cmpid=education.xml What could have been misconstrued as an overzealous pig roast actually did involve dead pigs -- along with a house fire, 10 students in white work suits and a $300,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015284-55.stm?cmpid=education.xml Despite pleas from several residents to allow the new school board that takes office next month to select the next superintendent of the West Mifflin Area School District, the board last night voted to award Assistant Superintendent Janet Sardon the job. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015306-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Two Pittsburgh school board members have set up their own citywide meeting for Monday so the public can comment on a school closing proposal and any other issues facing Pittsburgh Public Schools. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015279-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tuition tax came under attack in Harrisburg yesterday, even as students panned it at a City Council meeting. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015219-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Amid protests from the public, the West Mifflin Area school board tonight appointed Assistant Superintendent Janet Sardon as the district's next superintendent. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015154-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml An effort to block Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tuition tax has begun in Harrisburg. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015139-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The state Department of Education today recognized 1,939 public schools with Keystone Achievement Awards for making adequate yearly progress -- known as AYP -- for two consecutive years, 2007-08 and 2008-09. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015058-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Two Pittsburgh school board members have set up their own citywide meeting for Monday so the public can comment on a school closing proposal and any other issues facing Pittsburgh Public Schools. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015059-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml After 23 months of negotiations, teachers in the South Allegheny School District have reached a contract settlement with the school board that will give teachers annual raises that average 2 percent. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014953-488.stm?cmpid=education.xml In the past several weeks, as the H1N1 flu has swept through the nation, questions have been raised about how Pennsylvania chose to handle the process of distributing the limited doses of vaccine. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014961-365.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Sto-Rox school board last night did not open up the head football coaching position despite rumors that the decision was a done deal. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014915-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday awarded $290 million in teacher-effectiveness grants to schools in Pittsburgh and three other cities, saying the bold initiatives they've proposed have the chance to shape the future of teaching in America. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014923-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml A majority of Pittsburgh City Council members said yesterday that they'll vote for a tuition tax, but that won't stop the universities -- and maybe the students -- from trying to derail the effort. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014775-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The tuition tax has the votes to win approval. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014446-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Plays have been a mainstay each spring at local high schools, but fall productions are becoming more commonplace -- and complex. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014494-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Sto-Rox school board is preparing to bolster its administrative ranks by giving two teachers administrative internships and replacing them with long-term substitutes. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014474-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml John Pietrusinski was named principal of Pine-Richland High School in a unanimous vote of the school board Tuesday. He will begin the $95,000-a-year position Dec. 1. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014529-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml South Butler County teachers and the school board agree that any wage increases should be retroactive to July 2008, once the two sides come to terms on a new contract. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014393-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Freshmen are the focus these days at Parkway West Career and Technology Center in North Fayette. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014392-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml St. Joseph Catholic School in Coraopolis had library books, but no real library. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014638-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Legislation quietly introduced Tuesday in Pittsburgh City Council gives the city's nine lawmakers veto power over almost all new construction by big tax-exempt institutions -- effective immediately. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014581-58.stm?cmpid=education.xml Graduating and working in the Peters Township School District got a little harder this week. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014587-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The West Mifflin Area school board will vote tomorrow night on the appointment of Assistant Superintendent Janet Sardon to superintendent. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014540-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml In a report distributed at the Nov. 9 school board meeting, the Penn Hills School District provided details about a 9 percent decrease in student population this school year. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014484-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Central Valley school directors last week approved a job description for their first high school athletic director, and the job was posted Friday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014683-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Classes were to resume today for nearly 500 students at Wilkins Elementary School in Churchill, which was closed yesterday because of a broken water line. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014707-454.stm?cmpid=education.xml HARRISBURG -- Allegheny County school districts have entered nearly $1 billion worth of interest-rate swaps during the past 12 months. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014701-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml Allegheny County Controller Mark Patrick Flaherty yesterday issued a report showing that the Community Empowerment Association, an agency contracted to operate a truancy-prevention program, misused more than $300,000 of a $1.5 million contract with the county Department of Human Services. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014471-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Tomorrow night the West Mifflin Area school board will hold a special meeting to vote on the appointment of a new superintendent. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014705-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Pittsburgh school board last night voted to accept a $40 million teacher-effectiveness grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, clearing the way for a new chapter in the district's four-year-old improvement campaign. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014630-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The University of Pittsburgh was one of 100 campuses nationwide where students received free copies of "The Origin of Species" yesterday, though the commemoration of the book's 150th anniversary wasn't quite as author Charles Darwin would have intended. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014611-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Pittsburgh school board tonight voted 8-0 to accept a $40 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014532-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml State Auditor General Jack Wagner today criticized school districts for entering billions of dollars worth of interest-rate swaps. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014469-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Police investigated threatening graffiti written on the wall of a boys' bathroom at Mt. Lebanon High School and determined no credible threat exists, according to the school district. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014418-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Moon Area School District will have 600 injectable doses of H1N1 flu vaccine available at a free clinic from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Moon Area Middle School cafeteria. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014425-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Tuition tax battle lines began to emerge on Pittsburgh City Council today, as Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's Philadelphia legal gun laid out the case for the levy and encountered a conflicted council. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014347-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Suspended West Jefferson Hills School District Superintendent Terry Kinavey will face charges of incompetency, immorality, intemperance, and neglect of duty at a termination hearing next month. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014397-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml JOHNSTOWN -- A Western Pennsylvania school district will pay 22 female teachers a total of $460,000 to settle their claims that they started at a lower pay scale than male teachers. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014321-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Some spending cuts, some quick fixes, and a not-yet-dead tuition tax are likely components of an emerging city of Pittsburgh budget in the wake of yesterday's rejection of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's 2010 fiscal plan by state overseers. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014375-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml A consultant for the South Fayette School District last night presented the school board with financing options for two proposals to expand elementary school space. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014374-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml John Pietrusinski, who had been acting as an interim co-principal for much of the school year, has been named principal at Pine-Richland High School. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014368-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Over the last three years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014314-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml In what officials said would be the largest grant ever made directly to the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has offered the district $40 million for sweeping initiatives to maximize teacher effectiveness. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014201-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml About 650 school employees, policymakers, researchers, community leaders and parents are in town for the International Bullying Prevention Association at the Omni William Penn Hotel this week. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014133-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Peters Township High School freshmen will be required to complete a mandatory project before they can graduate, according to the terms of a new policy approved by the school board last night. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014151-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml The state-picked Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority today unanimously rejected Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's budget, saying that the inclusion of $16.2 million he hopes to get from a tuition tax doesn't comply with state law. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014053-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml State overseers ready to reject budget plan today; they suggest cuts, shared services Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014051-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Keystone Oaks school board last night unanimously approved a contract with the Keystone Oaks Education Association, ending 22 months of negotiations. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014047-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pittsburgh NAACP leaders and other residents last night urged the city school board to proceed cautiously with a school-closing plan to avoid hurting black students and derailing successful programs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013976-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml About a dozen members and supporters of the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP are marching outside Pittsburgh Public Schools headquarters in Oakland tonight to demand improved treatment of the district's black children. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013931-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The state-picked Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority is poised to reject Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's $453.8 million budget because it doesn't go far enough to cut costs and includes a tuition tax that may not be enforceable, officials said this morning. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013962-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml South Butler County teachers and the school board agree that any wage increases should be retroactive to July 2008, once the two sides come to terms on a new contract. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013917-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The State Board of Regents will consider letting alternative teacher training programs certify teachers, expanding the role that for decades has been exclusively performed by education schools. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013918-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml American universities are enrolling a new wave of Chinese undergraduates, according to the annual Open Doors report. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013916-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The most visible manifestation yet of the billion-dollar transformation taking place at the City University of New York might also be the most unassuming: a so-called science cafe series in a Japanese restaurant on the Upper West Side. There, the public listened as faculty members described their work in fields ranging from the global water crisis to the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013816-96.stm?cmpid=education.xml If they ever make a sequel to the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car," it might begin with a resurrection scene scripted by Carnegie Mellon University robotics researchers and set in a Panther Hollow parking garage. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013789-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml An Ohio firm's restructuring plan for the Pittsburgh Public Schools would continue a consolidation begun three years ago and, in some ways, ask more of residents than the last round of school closings did. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09320/1013778-82.stm?cmpid=education.xml A young undergraduate arrives jet-lagged from India on his first trip to America to begin study at one of this country's meccas for higher learning, Penn State University. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09319/1013608-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The building that used to house Mount Gallitzin Academy in Baden could become the site of a new charter school. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09318/1013593-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The building that used to house Mount Gallitzin Academy in Baden could become the site of a new charter school. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09318/1013428-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Pittsburgh Promise college scholarship program said it's willing to give a second chance to high school graduates with grade-point averages too low to meet regular eligibility requirements. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09318/1013452-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml James V. Maher, who has been the University of Pittsburgh provost for 15 years, will step down next year and return to teaching, the university announced this week. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09317/1013274-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State mailed out second-semester tuition bills today with rates unchanged from the fall even as state funding remains in legislative limbo. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09317/1013176-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Facing a potential shift in the board majority and ill health, West Mifflin Area Superintendent Patrick Risha last night retired after the board met his condition for a $30,000 severance payment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09317/1013231-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Central Valley school board authorized payment for sending last year's entire Fifth Ward teaching staff to Washington, D.C. to collect the school's Blue Ribbon Award. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09317/1013123-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml If colleges and universities don't want to be taxed on tuition, perhaps they'd rather contribute based on the property they own and the students they serve, Pittsburgh Councilman Ricky Burgess suggested yesterday. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09317/1013110-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml City, school and civic leaders yesterday tried to forge a united front to tackle Pittsburgh's high-school dropout rate of 35 percent. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09317/1013124-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Elected officials yesterday called on the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's board to open its doors and its books. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1013090-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Facing a potential shift in the board majority and ill health, West Mifflin Area Superintendent Patrick Risha retired tonight. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012814-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml Dislocated workers will be eligible for waivers of tuition and fees this spring in 11 certificate programs at Community College of Allegheny County. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012985-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml LAWRENCE, Kan. -- When Lilli Lackey started college, talk of a growing teacher shortage gave her confidence that a job would be waiting for her when she got out. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012978-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston lobbyist Steve Haid says he's withdrawing a planned gift of $650,000 in money and property to Wheeling Jesuit University, his alma mater Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012933-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml EDINBORO, Pa. -- A former Baldwin High School student was among three Edinboro University students killed in a two-car crash Wednesday night. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012930-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Pittsburgh Promise and Community Colelge of Allegheny County are piloting a program that gives sch0olarship asistance to city students who graduated high school with grade point averages below the minimum required to qualify for the Promise. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012623-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml A somber Anthony Skender announced Tuesday that he would retire after 39 years as an educator when his contract expires April 30. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012769-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Mt. Lebanon School District Superintendent Dr. Timothy Steinhauer has announced the creation of a task force to address concerns about underage drinking. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012682-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Penn Hills School District students will have a two-hour delay next Thursday to allow teachers and staff to attend a meeting about academic performance. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012592-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml For the first time in what could be as long as a quarter-century, a Sto-Rox superintendent will serve beyond the original contract. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012591-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The new Moon Area High School is under construction -- a steel skeleton growing in the middle of campus. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012649-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The suit alleges that because of the negligence of the contractors, the building "has settled unevenly resulting in significant damage to the construction." Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012815-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Northside Urban Pathways Charter School is kicking off a mentoring program for female students to complement a similar initiative for boys founded about three years ago. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012823-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Lunchtime at the food court: pizza, sodas, scientific research. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09315/1012444-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pittsburgh's proposed 1 percent tuition tax is just a nibble compared to the bite that college fees and tuition hikes take out of student and parent wallets, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl argued yesterday, as questions surrounded the unique levy he proposed Monday. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09315/1012588-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml Dislocated workers will be eligible for waivers of tuition and fees this spring in 11 certificate programs at Community College of Allegheny County Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09315/1012527-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Chartiers Valley's school board last night voted 7-0 to accept the retirement resignations of Superintendent Dr. Anthony Skender and his secretary, veteran employee Emily Gudewicz. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09315/1012471-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Raising taxes is seldom popular, but Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's call for a levy on college tuition targets a group with an unthreatening track record for political clout. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09315/1012484-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The police officers who locked down Oakland during the G-20 protests in September spiraled completely out of control, according to dozens of university students and other citizens who spoke before Pittsburgh's Citizen Police Review Board last night. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012327-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml James V. Maher, who has been the University of Pittsburgh provost for 15 years, will step down from the job next year and return to teaching, the university announced today Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012281-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb said today that he's concerned with the legality of a proposed 1 percent tuition tax -- a sentiment that could jeopardize passage of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed $453.8 million budget for 2010. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012255-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Sandy Volpe McCurdy made a plea for a more congenial stance for the coming board and proposed that the board members consider creating bipartisan leadership at next month's reorganization meeting. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012143-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml A Downtown education group yesterday said the Pittsburgh Public Schools must significantly raise the achievement of black students if the district is to achieve its vision of "Excellence for All." Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012147-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml The tuition tax that Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl sees as the city's ticket out of financial distress drew mixed reviews from council members, yelps from students and parents and harsh words from some of the biggest targeted schools yesterday. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012146-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml University of Pittsburgh junior Matt Riehle called it "a slap in the face." Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011899-67.stm?cmpid=education.xml TV preview: Tomorrow will mark 40 years of "sunny days" and "everything's A-OKs" on PBS's venerable "Sesame Street," the children's show that introduced the world to Big Bird and unleashed the fuzzy red Elmo. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011925-454.stm?cmpid=education.xml HARRISBURG -- After a 101-day delay, the Legislature finally enacted a 2009-10 state budget in October. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1012041-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml In its annual report, a Downtown education group said some Pittsburgh public schools are "beating the odds, educating all students to high levels," but it said it was "still troubled by the racial achievement gap Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011907-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml A new look at the state charter school law could result in colleges and universities being able to approve charter schools, more accountability for charters and increased ability for such schools to occupy a district's unused buildings. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011942-34.stm?cmpid=education.xml The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids' minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011971-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl plans to propose a 1 percent college-education privilege tax to council today, in a move that's likely to set off a fight with the city's schools of higher learning. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011800-84.stm?cmpid=education.xml Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair talking to college students about ethics? What's next? The former head of Lehman Brothers on financial risk management? Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011757-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml About 40 parents, educators, pastors, school volunteers and other Hill District stakeholders gathered yesterday at Pittsburgh Milliones to begin writing a blueprint for the future of the neighborhood's schools in light of a new round of proposed closings by the board of Pittsburgh Public Schools. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011759-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Because only a fraction of struggling middle-grade readers sign up for summer school, Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are trying something different to lure them in next year. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011563-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml No one was more surprised than Northside Urban Pathways Charter School teacher Jamilla Rice to find out a school assembly was actually a ruse to present her with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011611-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml For some classes, teachers can pull open a file drawer to show off student work, but the creativity of Hampton High School teacher Dan Franklin's stage technology students isn't so easily contained. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011378-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml A Northside Urban Pathways teacher today won a $25,000 Milken Education Award. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011437-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Penn State University plans to build a new Children's Hospital on the campus of its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011258-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Expressing concern about the closings and reconfigurations of recent years, the Hill District Education Council will host a public meeting tomorrow to develop a blueprint for neighborhood schools. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011233-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Trustees at the Community College of Allegheny County voted yesterday to approve a new three-year contact with 384 secretarial, library, accounting, clerical, housekeeping and maintenance personnel. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011224-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml St. John the Baptist Church in Lawrenceville may be no more, but its buildings live on in new ways -- the historic main church has been a popular brewpub and restaurant since 1996, and now its former rectory will become a residence for teenage students at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011161-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pivik Elementary School will remain closed tomorrow while gas lines are repaired, according to Plum School District spokeswoman Dawn Lynn Check Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010925-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The books have been formally closed on the 2008-09 budget year in the Steel Valley School District and the numbers aren't pretty. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010930-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml It's been a decade since the bloodshed at Columbine High School opened the nation's eyes to the issues of school security, bullying and disenfranchised students, and in that time progress has been made. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010876-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The school board has given middle and high school students 10 days to begin using the hand-scanner identification system to buy lunch in the school cafeteria, or they can dig out that old Harry Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010861-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The weather was not a factor in Mary Lou Capan's return to Western Pennsylvania. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010936-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Proponents of the recently approved Propel Charter School in Braddock Hills say it will give parents a much needed choice regarding their children's education. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010941-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Save the Children foundation's Carolyn Miles was discussing conditions she said will lead to 1 billion people dealing with hunger before the end of the year. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010907-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Mt. Lebanon Municipal Manager Stephen Feller presented his recommended 2010 budget this week, calling it a "bare bones, conservative proposal that reflects the difficult times we are in." Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010918-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Mt. Lebanon School Board has voted to create a community advisory committee to review the design plan for the pending $113 million high school renovation project and make recommendations to Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010945-56.stm?cmpid=education.xml Westmoreland County Community College has approved a 10-year master plan that calls for moving the technology and work force training programs, but does not call for construction of new Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010875-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Todd Kolson, principal of Mars Area High School, presented the school board with suggestions for five new courses and several course modifications at its Monday agenda meeting. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011027-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml WASHINGTON -- When first lady Michelle Obama attended a performance by students at CAPA Pittsburgh along with other G-20 spouses in September, the percussion work of Jason Yoder stood out. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010644-454.stm?cmpid=education.xml A tuition increase of up to 4 percent affecting 117,000 students at the 14 state-owned universities could occur next fall under budgetary plans approved yesterday by the State System of Higher Education. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010570-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml An eighth-grader at the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy in Oakland was arrested yesterday after a fire was set in a second-floor boys' bathroom. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010355-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml A consulting firm last night recommended closing eight Pittsburgh Public Schools and seven other school buildings, a proposal sure to stoke controversy in a district still debating the merits of a 2006 restructuring. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010514-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Smokers who switched to a low-tar, light or mild brand of cigarette had about a 50 percent lower chance of giving up smoking, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010483-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Leaders of the 14 state-owned universities today approved budgetary plans for 2010-11 that include a requested 3.8 percent increase in state aid and a possible 4 percent tuition increase for the system's 117,000 students, effective fall 2010 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010472-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml An eighth-grade student at the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy was arrested today after a fire was set in a second-floor boys restroom Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010371-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Want to be a welder? Able to do your best work in class when much of the world is asleep? If so, Community College of Allegheny County has a course of study for you -- "midnight welding." Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010309-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pittsburgh's Achilles heel -- its declining population -- has undermined the Carnegie Library's ability to maintain its system of 19 branches. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010321-454.stm?cmpid=education.xml While 325,000 education jobs nationwide have been reported created or saved because of the economic stimulus so far, Pennsylvania is reporting just 531 such jobs. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010286-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml A consulting firm tonight recommended closing eight Pittsburgh Public Schools and 15 district buildings to save money amid declining enrollment. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010256-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The U.S. Department of Education today announced it has approved $1.4 billion in economic stimulus money for education in Pennsylvania Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010255-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Chartiers Valley School District Assistant Superintendent Tammy Whitfield turned in her keys and cleaned out her office after a judge refused her request to work beyond the expiration of her contract Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010251-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml A Penn State Altoona cheerleader from Canonsburg died yesterday in a Blair County car accident that injured four others, according to police and friends Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010095-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Arnetha Ball recalls a time when a teacher in a mostly African-American classroom was taking roll and asked if a particular student was absent. "No, he's not here," a girl in the class said. "He be missing the bus." Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010226-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A civil liberties group says this college town's plan to hold party hosts responsible for any illegal activities of guests would be unconstitutional Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010092-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The year before a souring economy caused endowments to fall, jobs to be cut and pay to be frozen, presidents of major private research universities across the country had an extraordinary year for pay increases. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010082-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml About three years after a round of city school closings, a consulting firm today will recommend another wave because of maintenance costs and falling enrollment. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09305/1009656-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The recession has taken a huge toll on the national and regional economy over the past year. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09304/1009748-51.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Early American Room in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning is a spooky place. And not just because it's Halloween. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09304/1009749-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml The University of Pittsburgh is weighing construction of new residence hall space for up to 900 students to further the school's aim to offer housing to a larger share of its main-campus population. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09304/1009708-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Two Penn State students from Western Pennsylvania were charged Thursday with misdemeanors in connection with the death of an 18-year-old freshman who fell onto a concrete stairwell after a night of drinking. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09304/1009732-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Two women from different nations that share the same place spoke last night about how to guarantee an end to centuries of strife in Northern Ireland. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009556-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The University of Pittsburgh hopes to add 200 student beds adjacent to its Bouquet Gardens apartment complex in Oakland with the purchase of land that was approved today by the university Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009466-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml A proposal to pay for libraries in part with Pittsburgh's excess gasoline money fueled a burst of pronouncements yesterday on keeping city and suburban facilities open, but also drew criticism for being premature. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009534-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Two Penn State students from Western Pennsylvania were chaged yesterday with misdemeanors in connection with the death of an 18-year-old freshman who fell onto a concrete stairwell after a night of drinking Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009454-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml Sometimes, Jai Pausch says, it's the simplest things that capture people's imaginations. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009487-114.stm?cmpid=education.xml The parents of a Central Catholic High School football player who died of a stroke in 2008 have sued the two hospitals that treated him, accusing doctors of malpractice for not recognizing what they claim were head injuries suffered at football practice. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009457-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Two Penn State fraternities and two students face misdemeanor charges in connection with the death of a freshman found dead on campus after a night of drinking last month. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1008947-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Despite a dozen or more negotiation meetings since January, the Penn Hills School District and its teachers are at an impasse over a new contract. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009325-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Two Penn State fraternities and two students face misdemeanor charges in connection with the death of a freshman found dead on campus after a night of drinking last month Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:23:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009322-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The parents of a Central Catholic football player who died of a stroke in 2008 have sued the two hospitals that treated him, accusing doctors of malpractice in not recognizing what the parents claim were head injuries suffered at football practice. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:14:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009083-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml "It's called controlled chaos," Principal Vincent Lewandowski said with a smile. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1008944-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Jeannette City School District on Monday will join the growing number of public districts nationwide that have adopted a school uniform policy. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009056-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The West Jefferson Hills School District has moved closer to getting an alternative school running by January. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009084-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml With the launch of the school district's XGen Xperience, community experts may soon be part of class lessons. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009049-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Earlier this month, the teachers and school board in the Penn-Trafford School District settled on a contract, giving the district's 254 teachers an average raise of $3,230 per year. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009037-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The McKeesport Area School Board's vote to hire a former school director as construction manager has touched off a debate among board members. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009023-181.stm?cmpid=education.xml In historic terms, Central Valley's first school board election is significant. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009167-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml It's no secret that dancers face heavy pressure to be thin. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09301/1008741-51.stm?cmpid=education.xml Building many libraries to serve city neighborhoods was always part of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic plan. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09301/1008881-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The West Jefferson Hills School District moved closer to getting an alternative school running by January with the passage of two motions last night. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09301/1008795-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml When Laurie Robinson's son Tom repeatedly talked about how great, funny and approachable his Algebra 2 teacher was, Ms. Robinson knew that teacher must be someone special. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09301/1008869-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml South Fayette school directors are renewing efforts to examine the elementary school overcrowding problem. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09301/1008826-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml The city's Citizen Police Review Board last night tentatively scheduled a Nov. 10 hearing, ideally to be held on the University of Pittsburgh campus, to hear the complaints of students arrested during last month's protests of the G-20 summit. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09301/1008767-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml There will be a second Propel charter school operating in the Woodland Hills School District this fall as a result of a decision made yesterday by the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board in Harrisburg. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09300/1008706-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal board voted today to allow Propel Schools to open a second charter school within the Woodland Hills School District. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09300/1008682-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pine-Richland math teacher Michelle Switala has been named Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09300/1008696-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml Point Park University announced today it has chosen an architect for the design and renovation of its new student and convocation center, part of its Academic Village planned for Downtown Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09300/1008631-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Moon Area school board will create a citizens' committee to look at budget issues in search of innovations and possible savings. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09298/1008227-455.stm?cmpid=education.xml Five branches of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh slated for closure by February may get a reprieve if a plan to provide $1.2 million in short-term funding can be agreed upon, city and library officials said yesterday. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:51:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09298/1008195-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Over four decades, the unsolved killing of a young graduate student in Penn State's vast Pattee Library has taken on a ghost-story mystique. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09296/1007830-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml There will be an increased police presence at Mt. Lebanon High School on Monday as a result of graffiti found on a boys' restroom wall this afternoon that threatened a bomb Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09296/1007692-53.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Pittsburgh school board Wednesday approved a $1.8 million contract with a New Jersey think tank that's going to help the school district develop a pay-for-performance plan for teachers. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09296/1007690-454.stm?cmpid=education.xml Research released yesterday should end the debate over whether pre-kindergarten classes help level the playing field for the state's most vulnerable children, researchers and study sponsors said. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09296/1007773-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania is just two small steps from having required graduation exams, thanks to approval of the plan yesterday by the Intergovernmental Regulatory Review Commission. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007631-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml The Keystone Exams this afternoon received approval from the state Independent Regulatory Review Commission, one of the final steps before they can take effect Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007630-100.stm?cmpid=education.xml A study of 10,000 predominantly poor students in Pennsylvania early-childhood programs showed the classes helped the students make strong gains, The Heinz Endowments announced today Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007386-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Zac Liskay had little trouble coming up with a senior project, required for graduation from Moon Area High School. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:01:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007336-58.stm?cmpid=education.xml Come November, the halls of the Peters Township High School will be monitored by security guard with a gun. Just in case. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007318-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Over the past several weeks, the Mt. Lebanon school board has discussed creating a community advisory committee to "proofread" the design and design process for the high school renovation project. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007389-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml A "virtual tour" of the proposed new Penn Hills High School building revealed sprawling balconies, ceilings lined with skylights and a banquet-style cafeteria steps from the front entrance. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007352-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml Negotiators for the South Butler County School District and its teachers union disagree over more than proposed wages and benefits in a new contract. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:48:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007249-58.stm?cmpid=education.xml The loss of a potential pot of $317 million statewide is no longer is available because the governor and Legislature used the $1.56 billion in the state fiscal stabilization fund for other education spending. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007498-298.stm?cmpid=education.xml The school board last night approved a new five-year contract for Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt that's designed to keep him here until August 2014. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09295/1007490-454.stm?cmpid=education.xml Pennsylvania's public colleges and universities are in line to get an additional $63 million in federal economic stimulus money. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400