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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DU prof calls for removal of police in Pittsburgh schools

Kellen Stepler | Editor-in-Chief 09/03/2020 The national conversation regarding police presence in schools hit Pittsburgh this summer, as Duquesne law professor Tiffany Sizemore and Pitt professor Jeff Shook wrote an open call for Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) to stop using police to manage children in their schools. Sizemore, head of the Juvenile Defender Clinic at Duquesne, wrote that “in light of the continued police … Continue reading DU prof calls for removal of police in Pittsburgh schools

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