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A Rolling Rally3 comments

Yinzercation wrote 3 days ago: The wheels on the bus go round and round … Yesterday over 100 parents, students, teachers, and commu … more →

Tags: Elections, Public Education, School Boards, School Closings

How it all began.

smtooleursp wrote 4 days ago: My interest in the educational system in the United States stems from my versatile schooling backgro … more →

Tags: Education, first-generation, Students, Access, College, University, Higher Education, united states, High School

Pittsburgh Public Schools Auctioning Hundreds Of Items

sarbear1987 wrote 6 days ago: Pittsburgh Public Schools is hoping to raise extra money by selling hundreds of items online. The Pi … more →

Tags: Links & Numbers, Autction, BiD, Equipment, Money, Online, Power tools, salé

Sea to Shining Sea

Yinzercation wrote 1 week ago: Did you know that we organized Sunday’s Rolling Rally here in Pittsburgh to coincide with public edu … more →

Tags: Public Education, advocacy event: Take Action!, School Closings

School Spacing2 comments

Yinzercation wrote 1 week ago: We’re digging into the issues behind potential new school closures in Pittsburgh. So far we’ve talke … more →

Tags: Public Education, advocacy event: Take Action!, School Closings

School Utilization1 comment

Yinzercation wrote 1 week ago: Last week we talked about school size – a key issue in the debate over whether to close schools, whi … more →

Tags: Public Education, advocacy event: Take Action!, School Closings, school size

The Original Dance Moms

mrogalskymbh wrote 1 week ago: The “Dance Moms” of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh. (left to right) Sally Rogalsky, Janet … more →

Tags: Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh, Pierre Dulaine, mad hot ballroom, Take The Lead, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Tobacco Free Allegheny, Terry Sweeney, Rozana Sweeney, Sally Rogalsky

School Bus, SUV Collide In Homewood

hlang84 wrote 1 week ago: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local mother was shaken up this morning when the school bus her daughter … more →

Tags: Local, News, Syndicated Local, accident, Auto accident, Bennett Street, Cecelia Foreman, crash, gmc jimmy

School Size3 comments

Yinzercation wrote 1 week ago: A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the problems associated with closing neighborhood schools. As you’ … more →

Tags: Public Education, School Closings, school size

Local School Aide Accused Of Assaulting Autistic Student

jcarterkdka wrote 2 weeks ago: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local teacher’s aide has been suspended for allegedly shoving an autisti … more →

Tags: News, Local, Syndicated Local, Lynne Hayes-Freeland, North Side, Seizure, school aide, autistic child, school assault

Painting Brings $750,000 To Pittsburgh Public Schools

timwilliamspgh wrote 2 weeks ago: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The art world had no idea where it was – a painting that sold today for th … more →

Tags: News, Local, David Highfield, Linda Lane, Painting, Henri Le Sidaner, 1933, interior, Sotheby's

Get to Know 'Em

Yinzercation wrote 2 weeks ago: The city-wide school board candidate forum is tonight! With elections just two weeks away and the ma … more →

Tags: Public Education, School Boards, Elections

May 4, 2013 Semi-Final Video is here!

mrogalskymbh wrote 2 weeks ago: Just to prove how tough the competition was this past Saturday-check out our video.  Filled with pic … more →

Tags: Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh, Archie Carpenter, Ashley Douglas, Colors Of The Rainbow, Extra Mile Education Foundation, Foxtrot, Gena Melago, Jennifer Milligan, Merengue

Astroturf8 comments

Yinzercation wrote 3 weeks ago: They’re heeeeeere! Yes, we’ve been watching the astroturf groups set up shop in Pennsylvania, and no … more →

Tags: Alec, Charter Schools, EITC tax credits, Gates Foundation, parent trigger laws, privatization, Public Education, Science, Vouchers

The Extraordinary Art of Bodhi Wind16 comments

rutheh wrote 3 weeks ago: Buddha became the enlightened one, under a Bodhi tree.   This is the name taken by native Pittsburgh … more →

Tags: art 2, 3 Women movie, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, Art, Art Gallery, Artist, Bodhi Wind, Charles Kuklis, Cher

Pittsburgh Linden shakes it for their families!

mrogalskymbh wrote 3 weeks ago: Despite the rain, families showed up in droves to see their students shakin’ what their mamas … more →

Tags: Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh, Pierre Dulaine, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh LInden, Terry Sweeney, Merengue

Again and Again1 comment

Yinzercation wrote 4 weeks ago: It’s like a bad case of school closure déjà vu. Pittsburgh has already been through four rounds of c … more →

Tags: Public Education, School Closings

Look out Fred and Ginger! The Pittsburgh kids are here!

mrogalskymbh wrote 1 month ago: Miss Jen has a poet at Pittsburgh Colfax What an exciting week it has been!  This week we had Culmin … more →

Tags: Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh, Ashley Douglas, Gena Melago, Jennifer Milligan, Merengue, Pittsburgh Banksville, Pittsburgh Colfax, Pittsburgh Miller, Pittsburgh Phillips

What is Dancing Classrooms?

mrogalskymbh wrote 2 months ago: When we began to gather interest to bring Dancing Classrooms to Pittsburgh, a few years back, people … more →

Tags: Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh, Archie Carpenter, Ballroom Dance, Dancing Classrooms, Extra Mile Education Foundation, mad hot ballroom, Pierre Dulaine, Take The Lead


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