A family’s three day visit to Pittsburgh

“Pittsburgh is a really cool city, unlike any I’ve ever been in before,” writes the author who brought her family to town for a three day visit.” Read what she […]

Pittsburgh’s education collaborative lauded

“The Greater Pittsburgh Region is a 21st century model of a creative, collaborative, and connected community committed to creating remarkable learning experiences for children and youth that enhance achievement in […]

Pittsburgh with kids: an education in fun

How much fun is Kidsburgh for kids? Read the story here.

All work, no school makes Johnny more antisocial

Some may argue that placing high-school-age juvenile offenders in jobs is a good idea. But a new Pitt study shows that students who work more than 20 hours weekly and […]

ASSET brings statewide STEM expertise to free conference

ASSET brings statewide STEM expertise to free conference ASSET STEM Education, the South Side nonprofit that has helped school districts across the state implement hands-on curricula for science, technology, engineering […]

Why aren’t anti-bullying programs working for all kids? First Safe Schools Summit seeks answer

Betty Hill has been puzzled when local schools and foundations report that their anti-bullying programs are working, yet she still hears so often from LGBT students that they’re being bullied. […]

Jeremiah’s Place closer to opening as crisis nursery, sets ‘Art of Love’ fundraiser

Jeremiah’s Place closer to opening as crisis nursery Pittsburgh’s first crisis nursery, Jeremiah’s Place, is on track to open in 2013 as a way for families with the youngest children […]

iPads, babies and free apps: winning therapy from the Early Learning Institute

It’s hard to imagine an eight-month-old baby doing more than drooling and banging on an iPad, but The Early Learning Institute has discovered that kids this young can benefit from app-based […]

Pittsburgh girl is finalist in 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 video workshop this past summer, no one knew she would end up in the […]

Ellis rules the region in Scholastic arts competition

Visual arts students in the Ellis School took home more than 10 percent of the recent regional Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards — and art department Chair Sara Sturdevant is not […]

Woodland Hills school is national Title 1 ‘Distinguished School’

Three teachers and the principal from Woodland Hills’ Dickson Elementary have led their fourth graders to multi-year science score improvements on the state’s standard test. As a result, they were […]

‘My Soul and I’: A winning high-school essay from MLK contest

Introduction: “There’s such a range of how writers interpret the idea of diversity in their own lives,” says Jim Daniels, Carnegie Mellon University English professor who oversees the Martin Luther […]

Kids+Creativity releases a highlight reel

The last Kids+Creativity network gathering was great enough to merit a highlight reel, put together by The Sprout Fund/Spark and available here. This local movement is all about meeting and […]

New school-climate theme and interactive story kiosks set for Hear Me

Hear Me, the CMU project that gathers kids’ stories to get them public notice and prompt action on kids’ issues, will debut new, more interactive public story kiosks in April, […]

Greenfield doc a national ‘Pediatric Hero’

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: It had to happen

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 […]

“Manchester Miracle” stocks North Side school library

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 […]

Kids with autism recognize inappropriate behavior but just can’t explain it

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 […]

Pittsburgh Youth Media report on One Young World

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

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 […]