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Harmony Club of Homestead, Pa., Lance Weems Scholarship Prayer Brunch

Harmony Club members—2026. NOT PICTURED ARE Jewel Garrison AND Tiffany Baker. The New Pittsburgh Courier was there as the Harmony Club of Homestead, Pa., held...

Pittsburgh schools board set to vote on closures panned in public hearing

The board rejected a reconfiguration of PPS’s 57 schools in November, and parents rallied against it Tuesday. Administrators maintain that fewer buildings can mean...

Pittsburgh school takes last year’s 100+ fights down to single digits

  Pittsburgh Arlington PreK-8 has seen stable leadership, thoughtful approaches to conflict and need, and a plunge in the violence that plagued the halls last...

Jasmine Thompson: Pennsylvania needs teachers, but too many can’t afford to become one

After more than four years of living independently, I was forced back into my childhood bedroom because the capstone of my teaching degree—student teaching—was...

JSI celebrates 10 years, as students are awarded $4,000 scholarships

JEREMIAH BOWEY-SINCLAIR RECEIVED A $4,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE JUSTICE SCHOLARS INSTITUTE AND YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES. HE’S PICTURED WITH ERICA ROBERTS, SEAN MEANS AND DR....

Allegheny County may compel all employers to offer paid parental leave

County Executive Sara Innamorato’s administration has started a push for the new benefit with a briefing to the Board of Health, and a County...

Robert Hill: Benjamin Banneker was an 18th-century Black STEM achiever

by Robert Hill On April 16, 2026, Astronaut and engineer Captain Victor Glover became the first Black man to travel to the moon. The astronaut,...

Pittsburgh cosmetology school teaches on despite state probes, complaints

Students of Fountain of Youth Academy, in Squirrel Hill and Bellevue, have long complained to state regulators, but their accounts are largely hidden from...

The Great Migration 2.0: An exodus of top Black student-athletes to HBCUs

By Edmond W. Davis The original Great Migration (1910-1970) was one of the most consequential movements in American history. Between approximately 1910 and 1970, millions...

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

by Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers...

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