Category: Education

Save Schenley Press Conference Tonight at 6:30 p.m.

June 16, 2008 Posted by p2wp under B-PEP, Education, Events, Links, Pittsburgh, Schenley High School
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Monday, June 16, 2008, 6:30pm, Press Conference Pittsburgh Board of Education 341 S. Bellefield Avenue – Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Save Schenley Advocates “Speak Truth to Power” CONTACTS: Tim Stevens: (412) 758-7898 and Kathy Fine (412) 361-7904 Visual for Press Conference: Large Poster with Report Card that show grades for the School District Administrators,…

save schenley: how to get involved

November 15, 2007 Posted by breen under Community Development, Education, Issues, Pittsburgh, Take Action, Young People
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this was posted in the comments of my previous schenley post and i thought it would be helpful to re-post it so that people don’t miss it. the information was posted anonymously and thus i am not responsible for it’s accuracy. ……………………………………………………………………………… The Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public School District announced on Halloween 2007, that…

the people say, don’t close schenley

November 9, 2007 Posted by breen under Community Development, Education, Government, Pittsburgh, Young People
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articles at the top of both the post-gazette and tribune-review today reflect the sentiment of the many people who turned out to oppose the closing of schenley high school by the pittsburgh public schools. this is the second time that the school district has threatened to close the school under the administration of superintendent mark…

Leadership Training

October 22, 2007 Posted by Lindsay under Education, Events, Links, Pittsburgh, Young People
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I wanted to post the information about this leadership training because I know lots of young leaders in this city that would benefit from these trainings and often announcements about trainings and workshops get sent to the same groups of people.  This announcement is from the PUMP newsletter.  I hope you will share this information…

PPS – Get informed and involved

September 8, 2007 Posted by april under Education, Events, Pittsburgh, Take Action, Young People
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A+ Schools has organized a series of community forums on issues of interest to parents and the general community interested in Pittsburgh Public Schools policy. They take place on 9/18 and 20, 10/11 and 11/27 evenings. RSVP is requested and space is limited so check the A+ website to sign up and for more information.…

Save the Date…

September 4, 2007 Posted by p2wp under Education, Events, Pittsburgh, Women's Rights
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Planned Parenthood’s Cocktails for a Cause is back. Tuesday, September 25th, 5:30-8-30pm Double Wide Grille, 2239 East Carson Street 70% of all beer sales will benefit Planned Parenthood of Western PA.

hot city

August 29, 2007 Posted by breen under Education, Events, Pittsburgh, Young People
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online pittsburgh promotional periodical pop city is making its business personal with pop city live: Pop City Live is a free monthly series of engagingly educational events where we will showcase the creative and intellectual talent of the city, speak to its transformation and provide a networking forum for those interested in all things Pittsburgh.…

One of the more idiotic branding attempts I’ve heard about recently

July 11, 2007 Posted by andrea under Education, Pittsburgh, Rant
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Anyone catch this little article in today’s Post-Gazette? The Pittsburgh Public Schools will drop “public” from its name and adopt a new, standardized way of referring to its schools as part of a campaign to brighten and strengthen the district’s image. For example, Schenley High School will be called Pittsburgh Schenley. God knows the word…