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The Pittsburgh Promise helped thousands of students pay for college. As costs rise, the funding is going away.

Wade Lipscomb, a recipient of The Pittsburgh Promise and owner of Triple 3 Construction, stands in the private boxes at PPG Paints Arena, where...

Pittsburgh Promise receives gift to help students take step towards college

STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE at PPG’s announcement of its $1 million gift to the Pittsburgh Promise, at the Energy Innovation Center, Oct. 14. The PPG Foundation...

Pittsburgh Promise looks to increase scholarship rates — ‘Coaches’ to work inside Perry, Milliones, Carrick

by Rob Taylor Jr., Courier Staff Writer Perry Traditional Academy and Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12 (also known as University Prep) have some of the highest percentages...

Acclaimed actor Leslie Odom Jr. wows Pittsburgh Promise students

Leslie Odom Jr., the Grammy winner, the Tony winner, had the many students who are part of the Pittsburgh Promise program in awe. The acclaimed...

Community Calendar 8-26-15

    FACE Benefit Banquet AUG. 27—Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center Inc. will host its 5th Annual Friend of Children Benefit Banquet at 6 p.m. at...

The Pittsburgh Promise IS making a difference for African American students

We were taken aback by an article that appeared in the New Pittsburgh Courier on February 5, 2015 that misrepresented The Pittsburgh Promise. As chairman...

Foul play against the Pittsburgh Promise

A few years ago, there was widespread discussion around Pittsburgh, about whether to lower the academic standards for high school athletes. The advocates of...

Just Sayin’…Kennedy is absolutely right about the Pittsburgh Promise

Why does everything have to be a contest? Why can’t we just do the right thing? I’m talking about the Pittsburgh Promise. Joseph Kennedy is...

Is the Pittsburgh Promise failing in its promise to Blacks?

Though the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship can pay eligible students from the Pittsburgh Public School District up to $40,000 for in-state college or technical training,...

The Pittsburgh Promise’s promise

Academically, the Pittsburgh School District’s Pittsburgh Promise is achieving its goal of providing—in some cases free—college scholarships to students who might otherwise never have...

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