Mobile App Lab, Winchester Thurston‘s after-school app-designing class, has now expanded to allow high-school students from any school in the area to participate. The program began in 2010 at the […]

Schell Games, teaming with Yale University, has created a game that aims to teach at-risk teens about smart decision-making and wise behavior to reduce their chances of getting AIDS. The […]

Sarah Heinz House hosts community day Learn more about after-school offerings Are all the after-school offerings at the Sarah Heinz House still unknown to a large part of Pittsburgh? Janice […]

Want to travel the world with your family on a small budget? Wonderaddo is a new website that highlights global opportunities and activities for children right in our own backyard. […]

Teacher evaluations have always been crucial for Pittsburgh Public Schools, but now they will actually be useful, says a new report by A+ Schools. Amy Scott, director of research and data […]

Middle school can be a difficult time for many kids, says Damon Bethea, mentoring projects director for United Way of Allegheny County. There are “a number of challenges: Getting used […]

Teacher evaluations have always been crucial for Pittsburgh Public Schools, but now they will actually be useful, says a new report by A+ Schools. Amy Scott, director of research and data […]

The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is pursuing a plan to expand into the former Allegheny Regional branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as it looks to both extend its […]

Waiting is one of the toughest things for kids to do. WORD PLAY, a new bus stop game from The Fred Rogers Company, aims to make it fun and educational instead. […]

Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire The Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire, a family-friendly carnival of spectacular innovation, brings its impressive mix of new crafts and old world technologies to the North Side […]

Hive releases grants for kids’ connect learning Hive Pittsburgh has made its first three grants to programs for tweens to young adults, all aimed at promoting connected learning: the idea that […]

STEM Summit held in Pittsburgh ASSET, which helps school districts throughout the state implement programs for teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects within any type of class, is […]

There’s nothing “mini” about the collection of maker projects kids can see demonstrated or make themselves at the third annual Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire on Aug. 18 at Buhl Community Park […]

Persistent Pittsburgh mom blogger Sara Crytzer, at Curious Little Kid, has compiled not one but two great lists of “20 things to do for under $20.” Check them out here […]

Homewood Nation’s Elwin Green writes about a Pittsburgh tech entrepreneur, Shimira Williams of TekStart, who is proposing a new Twitter hashtag for youth offering and those looking for local employment: […]

Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy had its first graduating class, and all 56 seniors graduated. Celebrate with the New Pittsburgh Courier here.

The Hive Learning Network Blog, EXPLORE + CREATE + SHARE, covered the amazing success of the Clairton High School robotics team, both regionally and nationally, at the BattleBots Championships. Hear […]

Tamasia Johnson is a Promise Coach, part of a mentoring program helping Pittsburgh Public School kids take advantage of the Pittsburgh Promise college scholarship program. But she thought an extra […]

Kids love being sent on journeys to get answers and solve puzzles, so the Allegheny County Library Association’s online game Questyinz will be back June 1 with all new quests for […]

Where else can you hear someone say, “We have been doing a lot of neat things with bugs?” Not a lot of places – except the Roving Art Cart, Citiparks’ […]