Tribeca gets animated rustbelt tale from Pittsburgh-raised director
Pittsburgh-raised Chris Sullivan has directed an animated film, “Consuming Spirits,” that makes its debut this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film paints a “portrait of three characters in […]
Rashad Byrdsong: treat poverty epidemic as health-care issue
Rashad Byrdsong, long a community activist via his Community Empowerment Association, tells Huffington Post that poverty and all its roots and effects need to be treated as a public-health problem. […]
The “natural learning advantage” of urban kids, shown by Pittsburgh school
Robert Sun, president and CEO of Suntex International, Inc., believes the determination of inner-city kids – and the potential use of “deep practice” – can give these students an advantage […]
Children’s Hospital chef helps kids eat and celebrate despite health issues
Feeding 300 children a day under any circumstances would be tough enough, but the executive chef at Children’s Hospital, Michael Harding, has an even more intimidating task: pleasing patients who […]
Linda Lane: Looking at Pittsburgh Public Schools’ future down at the students’ level
Dr. Linda Lane isn’t one for long strides. The 62-year-old superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools carries herself with small but swift steps as she sweeps through the halls of Colfax […]
Act, build, paint, play, design: The best of Pittsburgh summer camps
I’m a transplant to Pittsburgh, but my children are native Pittsburghers. Nonetheless, when it came time to dig up summer fun for my three boys, I decided to find camps […]
Top Teachers: Students will thank these Pittsburgh educators now, not just later
If you were fortunate enough to have a teacher who gave you the love of reading (thanks, Mrs. Donaldson) or helped you overcome a fear of fractions (much appreciated, Mr. Kestner), […]
Spark + (Kids+Creativity) = New opportunities for kids’ learning and tech
Kids+Creativity has long been a resource for Pittsburghers whose work is at the intersection of technology, learning and play. Now, with the Kids+Creativity network newly placed under the direction of Spark […]
Hear Me stories start Wilkinsburg campaign for school change
Listening to kids’ ideas for changing their schools and communities is the impetus behind the Hear Me project, whose latest recordings highlight some Wilkinsburg High School students with the ambition […]
STREAM Academy debuts as hybrid cyber/in-person school for career prep
March 6 marked the debut of a one-of-a-kind regional charter school that mixes cyber-education with in-person group learning. To its STEM focus (science, technology, engineering and math) it also adds […]
Dolphins leap into Carlynton classroom to improve kids’ reading skills
Susan Kosko has been a reading support teacher in the Carlynton School District’s Crafton Elementary School for 11 years, but this year is different: “The kids run into my classroom and […]
Crisis nursery headed for East End if physicians realize their dream
Here are some scary statistics: a recent survey of families in East Liberty found that, in an emergency, 14 percent have left their kids with a person whose full name […]
Teen-written play speaks teen language about dating violence at Prime Stage
Prime Stage Theatre specializes in presenting plays of classic literature that are accessible to all ages, but to reach teens with a warning about dating violence, the theater turned to […]
Sitting to the challenge: autism service dogs
Unlike every other service dog, autism service dogs are trained to allow attention — even too much attention, says Susan Wagner, who has trained 10 such dogs since foundingPerfect Fit […]
Making peace a habit: Children’s International Summer Villages
The Children’s International Summer Villages program hosts kids in Pittsburgh from all over the U.S. and the world every three years “to make peace a habit of mind among very young […]
Entertainment Technology Academy keeps kids coming back to Elizabeth Forward
Fifteen kids dropped out of Elizabeth Forward High School last year, and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Todd E. Keruskin says that’s 15 too many. So school district reps asked themselves how […]
Helping the world, bringing the service back home: Shady Side Academy’s Parkin Fellows
“There are kids doing amazing things that they would never have been able to do without this program,” says Kate Vavpetic, senior school head at Fox Chapel’s Shady Side Academy. […]
United they win: Two Fox Chapel juniors earn Lincoln-themed national essay prizes
Two Fox Chapel High School juniors are winners in the essay contest of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America – two of only three kids from Pennsylvania […]