Grandparents raising grandchildren: joining a support group

Grandparents raising grandchildren support group welcomes families facing custody agreements, abuse, mental health issues, and more.

Feed it Forward: Winchester Thurston students create nonprofit

Winchester Thurston students traveled to Nepal and Sri Lanka, were inspired by global nonprofits, and began Feed it Forward in Pittsburgh.

Helping men be better dads, with great results

How do men become better parents? These Pittsburgh fathers share their stories.

When the kids are in charge

Student-centered education models in Pittsburgh such as the Three Rivers Village School.

The Children’s Innovation Project: a tale of one classroom

The Children’s Innovation Project When Junlei Li entered Melissa Butler’s kindergarten class in spring 2012 with a video camera, Butler didn’t realize Li was focusing his lens mostly on her. […]

Lights! Color! Collaborate! Local Architects Tackle Great School Design

Local architects tackle great school design Natural light. Stimulating colors. Open views from floor to floor and hallway to hallway. Spaces where the grades can mix and collaborate. If there’s […]

When play meant being free to experiment

In black and white photographs of a playground in Copenhagen circa 1940, all the kids are thrilled to be playing with junk. It’s surplus bricks and lumber, but the children […]

Pittsburgh teens who are changing our world

When Charlotte Murphy was in fourth grade in 2010, she joined the basketball team at Linden K-5. Then she discovered the true state of girls’ basketball in Pittsburgh Public Schools […]

For Pittsburgh’s top childcare advocate, it’s a lifetime commitment

Pittsburgh’s top childcare advocate Michelle Figlar remembers being very pregnant with her first child in 2006 when she ran into then-Mayor Bob O’Connor in the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She […]

‘Mom and Me’ classes for all ages — and not just for moms

If kids sometimes get “separation anxiety,” parents can suffer from the opposite. Call it “eager inseparability”: the feeling that you want to do everything with your kid. Today, parents and […]

Educational standouts at Science and Technology Academy

Educational standouts at Science and Technology Academy In 2005, Samuel K. Franklin had been a sixth-grade math and science teacher in Oakland, California, for a mere three years when he […]

At-home moms with at-home businesses make it work

Rachel Gogos remembers a time, near the beginning of her years running a home business with two daughters now 7 and 5, “when I had lined up a phone call […]

Beverly’s Birthdays: a reason to party

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 […]

Eureka moments: stories from great teachers

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 […]

Big ideas in education hit Pittsburgh’s National Summer Learning Association Conference

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Spark + (Kids+Creativity) = New opportunities for kids’ learning and tech

Kids+Creativity has long been a resource for Pittsburghers whose work is at the intersection of technology, learning and play. Now, with the Kids+Creativity network newly placed under the direction of Spark […]

Blog and the world blogs with you — so say the Burgh’s new mom bloggers

“Pittsburgh families are usually very connected to the extended family,” says Deborah Gilboa, who blogs locally at Ask Doctor G. “I think it’s great for kids.” Having other people in their […]

Ten tenacious years for The Sprout Fund. So what’s next?

To understand the impact of Spark — the three-year-old program of The Sprout Fund that has brought early childhood educators together with technology and new media experts to create 30 inventive projects […]