⁦Carlow University⁩ and ⁦Duquesne University⁩ student teachers team up with K-12 students from ⁦Pgh Public Schools⁩ and other local schools to help each other fill pandemic gaps in their learning kidsburgh.org/student-teache…

Anti-bullying protest at Deer Lakes canceled because of bullying, student organizers say | TribLIVE.com triblive.com/local/valley-n…

An incarcerated man died at the Allegheny County Jail Thursday. This death is the third to occur this year and the 14th since the onset of the COVID pandemic. No details were given about the individual's medical emergency. pinjnews.org/an-incarcerate…

.Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism won its first state-wide awards in two categories in the KeystoneSPJ Excellence in Journalism contest. We won both 1st and 2nd place in the enterprise category for non-daily news. And Mary Niederberger won 1st place in education for both non-daily and daily newspapers!

Ditto Brittany Hailer

Thank you to ⁦Jake Mysliwczyk⁩ and RAGGEDY ANNHEDONIA who contributed to “Leveling the Playing Field” which won two ⁦Press Club of Western Pa.⁩ Golden Quills. pinjnews.org/disabilities-i…

A man died in jail. Now his mother calls for an investigation into a judge’s decision to keep him there despite charges being dropped. - Pittsburgh Institute of Nonprofit Journalism pinjnews.org/a-man-died-in-…

Students struggled with math before the pandemic. It’s even worse now especially for Black, brown and poor students. How are districts responding?

Some local kids are struggling so much in math that they scored 0% proficiency in last year’s state tests. Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism reporter Mary Niederberger shares how some of that is fallout from the pandemic, but some of it… well… we’ve just got to do a better job. pod.link/citycastpittsb…

What Killed “Equity” in Pine-Richland? Here’s the story of Policy 832 and how changing values in a community brought an abrupt end to efforts to support diversity and inclusion in one of the area’s most high-achieving and well-resourced school districts pinjnews.org/what-killed-eq…

It’s been a hard time for librarians. Enter an epic sleepover of stuffed toys. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022…

The first annual Disability Pride Pittsburgh event takes place Saturday. It honors the 32nd anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Pittsburgh Public Schools students get lessons to help fill pandemic learning gaps and opportunities for hobbies and fun via the summer BOOST program. pinjnews.org/pittsburgh-pub…

Breaking via ⁦Andrew Goldstein is on strike⁩ post-gazette.com/news/education…

“The playing field is totally not level if kids have not been to pre-k” — Summer programs for rising kindergartners are trying to fill in social/emotional and learning gaps caused by pandemic preschool absences. pinjnews.org/kindergarten-c…

⁦Pgh Public Schools⁩ ⁦Duquesne City School District⁩ and ⁦Quaker Valley SD⁩ are among districts helping to prepare students for kindergarten in the wake of preschool absences via ⁦NEXTpittsburgh⁩ & ⁦Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism⁩ nextpittsburgh.com/kidsburgh-pitt…

Kindergarten camps are helping Pittsburgh area students who missed preschool during the pandemic: bit.ly/3QxsxdX Mary Niederberger NEXTpittsburgh Trying Together Duquesne City School District Dr. Sue Mariani Avonworth District Quaker Valley SD @AlleghenyIU3 Pre-K for PA Office of Head Start

via @NYTimes ⁦Sarah Mervosh⁩ National test scores — the first since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — show math and reading scores of 9-year-olds dropped to levels from two decades ago nytimes.com/2022/09/01/us/…

I'm pleased to be among Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism contributors, along with Brittany Hailer honored by the Press Club of Western Pa. for our coverage of education and the Allegheny County Jail. Here's my project on pandemic learning loss: pinjnews.org/unfinished-lea…

Reporting on student testing? Mary Niederberger explains everything from federal policies and laws to important background and history in this 5-part resource. #edchat #education #edData ewa.org/issues/high-sc…