Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rebecca “Becky” Mercatoris was announced Tuesday as the first director of Allegheny County’s new Department of Children Initiatives. Ms. Mercatoris, of Ben Avon, will head the department after it was formed earlier this year with a 2021...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6th 2021 Several Pittsburgh-area school district leaders and education advocates joined their colleagues across Pennsylvania on Thursday to urge the state to invest in and equitably fund public schools. Officials called on Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass...
90.5 WESA, May 3rd 2021 Driven by job losses, changes in federal rules, and an increased focus on health care during the coronavirus pandemic, enrollment in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program has swelled by more than 400,000 people over the last...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 7th 2021 Nearly a year after schools closed to help stop the spread of COVID-19, as many as half of Pennsylvania’s children have not returned to their classrooms. More likely will head back soon, though, as...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Tomorrow campaign, part of Remake Learning, announced Tuesday that it was awarding 17 grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to nonprofit organizations in the Pittsburgh region to fund experimental ideas that pursue the future of learning. The...
Government Technology In this month’s installment of the Innovation of the Month series, we explore a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, Allies for Children and several other community groups in Allegheny County, Pa., applying machine learning technology to addressing the disruption...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette In the spring, when COVID-19 restrictions shut down schools all over, school districts and nonprofits moved to help keep children fed no matter where they were, helped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture quickly relaxing its...
Trib Live Legislation is often verbose and unclear, sometimes leaving unintended loopholes that can be exploited by special interests. But other times the language is chillingly spare and ruthlessly direct. Like many states across the country that were taking...
Trib Live Free lunches are available to pick up three days a week at 35 school bus stops throughout Penn Hills. The initiative grew out of an existing effort to get food to people in need during the coronavirus...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Children rely on their schools for a lot of services throughout the day. One of the most essential comes at the very beginning of the school day: breakfast. However, not all students who qualify for free...
