Girls robotics team hopes to increase interest in engineering
Move over, boys. The girls will take this one. In collaboration with Carnegie Mellon’s Field Robotics Center and PghTech Women Network, Girls of Steel is an all-girls robotics teams. Made […]
Growing Pittsburgh’s urban farms
Even with many outdated laws, private and commercial farming has been on the rise in the city for over a decade. In order to ensure this trend continues into the […]
Kansas City looks to Pittsburgh’s urban school reform successes
Kansas City’s Saving 17,000 Kids site recently examined the progress over the last five years in reforming the Pittsburgh public school system. The story points to some major improvements, spearheaded […]
Robots take center stage at Pittsburgh museum
Opening June 13 at the Carnegie Science Center, Roboworld is being touted by as the world’s largest permanent robotics exhibition. The American Association of Museums (AAM), which has a database […]
Fearing state budget cuts to education, elsewhere, nonprofits set talks, advocacy
Even before Gov. Tom Corbett announced deep education funding cuts in his budget on March 8, Arlene Levy believed there was reason to worry about the future of public education. […]