Trump’s plan for education will be a disaster

Staff Editorial President-elect Donald Trump is continuing a nearly 45-year-old Republican tradition by promising to cripple American education. Like every harebrained idea conservatives have, this too is being done in the name of states’ rights. One of the proposals in Trump’s campaign platform, Agenda47, is to close the U.S. Department of Education, which, according to the department’s website, “establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most … Continue reading Trump’s plan for education will be a disaster

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Pittsburgh shouldn’t have to close any more schools

Eliyahu Gasson | opinions editor | Pittsburgh Public Schools is downsizing … again. But they shouldn’t have to. Charter schools continue to mooch off of the district’s resources putting unfair strain on communities who rely on their local public schools as a center of community. PPS has closed 42 school buildings in the past two decades. The 2006 PPS Right-Sizing Plan involved the closure of … Continue reading Pittsburgh shouldn’t have to close any more schools

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