Jillian Forstadt

One nonprofit is urging Pittsburgh Public Schools to redesign district schools so that students are less racially and economically segregated.

Nearly 84% of all Pittsburgh Public Schools seniors are on track to graduate this school year.

School board members will vote next week to ratify new four-year contracts, which lift a decades-old provision requiring some employees to live within Pittsburgh city limits.

As envisioned, the Esplanade development will include a giant Ferris wheel on the bank of the Ohio River, an apartment building with a mix of high-end and affordable units and a pavilion with room for restaurants and shops.

A WESA analysis found Pittsburgh Westinghouse is one of eight schools across the district to be led by five or more different principals in the past decade.

Pittsburgh Police say they hope to take into custody the person who fired shots outside Perry Traditional Academy on Tuesday morning. No one was injured.

Pittsburgh Public Schools board members have approved a $752 million budget for 2025, as well as union contracts for the district’s teachers and paraprofessionals.

90.5 WESA | By Jillian Forstadt Published December 27, 2024 at 2:11 PM EST Facebook LinkedIn Email

Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and former first lady Rosalynn Carter raise a wall as they help build a Habitat for Humanity house in Violet, La., May 21, 2007. The pair were working on the 1,000th Habitat for Humanity house in the Gulf Coast region since hurricane Katrina and Rita.

After months of ire from families and stakeholders, Pittsburgh Public Schools will consider cementing a hybrid public hearing format into its policies.