CP Photo: Jared Wickerham Delancey Walton The COVID-19 pandemic upended education for Pittsburgh youth in ways the community is still working to recognize. But while some point to the COVID-19 pandemic as the primary culprit for the district’s challenges, education activists and residents say they’ve seen an educational crisis brewing in Pittsburgh Public Schools for some time. With the impending May 18 primary, candidates running for school board see this moment as a chance to alchemize the educational system to ensure better outcomes for Pittsburgh youth, especially Black students, teachers, and others involved in the district. Twelve candidates will face off for five school board seats districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 a majority of the nine-seat board of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS). Four board seats have incumben
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Five of the nine Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors seats are up for election this year, and education advocates say the outcomes could mean a “sea changing” shift for the district one that could result in a board that is more skeptical of the district’s leadership.
Tracey Reed, one of the challengers seeking a board seat, says the district must be held to higher standards. “What are we doing if we’re not able to get kids up to a place where they can read with proficiency and do numeracy with proficiency?” she asks. “We have to think about outcomes not like ‘this is inevitable’ but ‘this is what’s possible. ”
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Will Vacation in Palm Beach Fri Feb 26, 2021 To educate or not to educate, that is the question being asked of Hamlet in Pittsburgh. An increasing amount of scientific evidence suggests that in-person learning, especially for younger students, presents a low risk for spreading the coronavirus. But last month, Pittsburgh Public Schools delayed reopening at least until April, a move that frustrated many working parents. The Pittsburgh district’s future is murky. When asked at a school board meeting last month about the plan to reopen in April, Superintendent Anthony Hamlet didn’t provide one. That s this month. Schools were supposed to go back to actual teaching last month.
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An increasing amount of scientific evidence suggests that in-person learning, especially for younger students, presents a low risk for spreading the coronavirus. But last month, Pittsburgh Public Schools delayed reopening at least until April, a move that frustrated many working parents.
Rebekkah Ranallo’s oldest daughter was supposed to start kindergarten this year at Allegheny Traditional Academy. But because Pittsburgh Public Schools has continually pushed back reopening, her family had to make adjustments. Ranallo and her husband can not work from home. So they rely on grandparents babysitting and other care. They pay extra to the daycare provider they use for their two younger kids, so staff there can supervise their oldest daughter’s virtual education.