Having kids prevents colds

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that having kids can actually boost your protection against getting a cold. Ryan Jaslow of CBS news has the surprising details here.

Reading proficiency by third grade is goal of city joining new program

Deanna Garcia of Essential Pubic Radio reports that Pittsburgh has become a charter member of the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Communities Networ, which aims to make certain kids can read at […]

Greater Pittsburgh Afterschool Consortium builds volunteer ranks

This year, the Greater Pittsburgh Afterschool Consortium gathered as many as 1,000 kids from 10 after-school programs in Allegheny and Beaver counties to volunteer in the two areas, including the Schenley Heights […]

In academically troubled schools, violence is five times as likely

A study by the Commonwealth Foundation of Pennsylvania schools finds that those schools in trouble academically have five times as many incidents of violence in their student populations. Read the […]

Mr. Rogers gets auto tuned in ‘Garden of Your Mind’ video

Did you ever think Mr. Rogers would go viral? PBS Digital studios has repeated, redefined, and remixed Mr. Rogers’s iconic personality into this autotuned clip entitled “Garden of Your Mind.” Read […]

Why are so many parents talking up Dr. Todd Wolynn?

Why are so many parents talking up Dr. Todd Wolynn? Kids+ Pediatrics Offices Sitting in The Well — the classroom and community-outreach facility he opened next to his Kids+ Pediatrics  — Dr. […]

Students dish about what makes a teacher special

In April, Kidsburgh introduced you to some special teachers cultivating lifelong learners in the Pittsburgh region. Those educators demonstrated and discussed their teaching styles, and we also heard from a […]

Pittsburgh fun out of the sun

Though the sun makes certain vampires sparkle beautifully and gives Superman his incredible powers, it can drain regular humans of the energy and ability to do anything — including finding […]

Robot parenting is still not recommended, but local companies use high-tech to help you raise kids

A sock monkey slumped on a shelf is the most ordinary childhood artifact in the offices of 4Moms in the Strip. Otherwise, the workshop of this seven-year-old high-tech kids’ equipment company looks […]

Ellis School student with family still in Syria draws attention through July 30 panel

Thirteen members of Laila Al-Soulaiman’s family have died in the clashes that began last year between Syria’s citizens and its government, which started in her home city of Daraa. She […]

Mon Valley high-schoolers release their own school documentaries through Hear Me 101

Students from four Mon Valley school districts spent a year of after-school and weekend time confronting the negative images and real issues head on at their schools, and the results […]

Very STEAM-y: AIU’s Center for Creativity gives $222,000 to 20 districts’ fresh learning approaches

STEM education is still all the rage, but adding the arts to science, technology, engineering and math to make STEAM is catching on. Locally, the movement just got some help […]

Fred Forward leaps into kids’ digital-media future

The latest Fred Forward Conference on June 3-5 — run by the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College — drew 160 people from […]

Young advisors needed to lend their voices to Pittsburgh Cares

Pittsburgh Cares is creating a Youth Advisory Council for the first time to make sure younger voices have a say in the direction of its volunteer activities. Students 14-18 years […]

KidsPlay for preschoolers opens at Market Square — and the Promise celebrates student milestone

KidsPlay is back in Market Square for summer Tuesday mornings, 10-11:30 a.m., through August 21. It’s a free program of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP), and spokesperson Brooke M. Fornalczyk […]

… while Fatherhood Initiative fills in gaps in dads’ child-rearing abilities

hildren who have a solid father figure in their lives are more likely to finish high school, more likely to go to college, and less likely to go to jail […]

AIU’s Family Support Centers more in demand than ever …

“So many times, without realizing it, we parent as we were parented, so we make the same mistakes,” says Sarah McCluan, supervisor of communication services for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. […]

Math + Science = Success campaign rolling out for public

A two-year public awareness campaign that aims to convince parents that science and math classes are crucial is about to make its television debut on television. The Math + Science […]

The Lab: Mad scientists of the kids’ literary world

“We’re trying to really tap into the surrounding community,” says Paula Levin about her new kids’ writing program this summer, the Literary Arts Boom (or The Lab) in Garfield. “Instead of […]

“Talent is everywhere” and Higher Achievement comes to Hill, Homewood to nurture it

“Our belief that talent is everywhere” is what sets the summer and after-school college prep program Higher Achievement apart, says Wendy Etheridge Smith, Ph.D., executive director. The national program is […]