Baby Talk magazine has named Dr. Nancy Brent, medical director of the Breastfeeding Center of Pittsburgh at Kids Plus Pediatrics in Greenfield, one of their seven national Pediatric Heroes for 2012 […]

Good Night, Pittsburgh has been published in October, part of a series of city-centered books designed, according to the publisher, for “instilling an early appreciation for the continent’s natural and […]

A month ago, the Pittsburgh Manchester pre-K-8 had fewer than 50 books on its fiction section shelves. Now, thanks to a campaign by new librarian Sheila May-Stein, more than 800 […]

In a study published in October, Carnegie Mellon University researcher Elizabeth J. Carter, Ph.D., has discovered that children with autism can recognize behavior that is not socially acceptable. Unlike their […]

Beverly’s Birthdays: a reason to party With one “And the crowd went, ‘Shhhh …,’” Megan “Megs” Yunn quiets 16 kids running around a courtyard in the back of a large […]

A+ Schools share eureka moments that make teachers great If great teachers are made — by their education and experience, by their instincts and talents — what were the moments […]

All the leaves are brown — well, almost — and the skies can certainly be grey. No need to panic — there’s still a full spectrum of fun to enjoy […]

Big ideas for fixing the ‘summer slide’ hit Pittsburgh’s National Summer Learning Association Conference Before The Hunger Games was a hit movie and so widely known, Sarah Pitcock remembers visiting a California […]

A group of 36 Pittsburgh high school students underwent journalism boot camp training to better report on numerous stories from the four day One Young World summit. See the Pop […]

Youth philanthropists advocate for entrepreneurship in Hill District “There’s a lot of negativity displayed in the media toward the Hill District youth, and I wanted to give Hill District youth […]

In honor of the United Nation’s international Day of the Girl, the students of The Ellis School were asked, “What do you wish that adults would work for to make […]

Pittsburgh Promise seeks more students to serve through scholarships The Pittsburgh Promise has completed its fourth year of awarding scholarships to Pittsburgh Public high-school graduates with a clear sense of accomplishment […]

At last year’s international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition, one group of college students entered the contest with a bit of synthetic biology that broke down glutens into sugars in […]

Mad Science Supply and Surplus: new pop-up shop The merchandise says it all. At the new Mad Science Supply & Surplus pop-up shop at Assemble in Garfield, you can buy make-your-own-monster […]

Pittsburgh girl, finalist UNICEF world kids’ video contest When Dawnell Davis-White was filming her one-minute video Future Newscaster as part of a Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (CMOP) video workshop this […]

The Labs at Carnegie Library has winter workshops lined up Teens are still getting used to what is available at TheLabs@CLP (digital media labs at four Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branches), […]

Pittsburgh Cares 12-year-old winner in ‘Who Cares’ video contest Pittsburgh Cares’ first video contest is a winner, as far as Holly McGraw-Turkovic is concerned. She’s the organization’s director of youth […]

Teens and glass arts: a bright combination at Pittsburgh Glass Center It’s not more difficult to teach teens the various glass arts than it is to teach them to adults, […]