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pamharbinpgh.bsky.social
Former Pittsburgh Public School Board Director.
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Pittsburgh School Board authorized #SOFG and has been implementing it behind closed doors for a year 😡

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Basic Education and Special Education Funding Investments are Inadequate to Keep Pace with Inflation and the Cyber Charter Tuition Reimbursement is Eliminated #FundPublicSchools

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Pittsburgh Public Schools 👀 "Anti-democracy efforts by the Council of Great City Schools through Student Outcomes Focused Governance (SOFG) including sweeping PPS Policy changes the Board hopes to enact this month." Superintendent school closure & consolidation presentation in mid-February? When?

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

ICYMI: Top NEPC Newsletters of 2024 ... The Civil War, school choice, and school finance were among the topics of the most popular NEPC newsletters of 2024. nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

"Paulette Foster of 412 Justice said the district should provide that data and prove why the B.O.O.S.T. program is no longer viable. Community members called out the budget’s lack of transparency." @412justice.org

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Enrollment increase in Pittsburgh Public Schools too. Yet both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are using 'enrollment decline' as a reason for massive school closures. Closing schools is lazy and unnecessary. Invest in our public schools -fix systemic issues- and enrollment will continue to increase.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

🎶Charter schools rob $146 million a year from Pittsburgh Public Schools. Don’t just close and cut! 🎶 Maintain programs like BOOST & Community Schools 🎶 Invest in staff & resources Last night we showed up at the Pittsburgh public school board hearing on the 2025 PPS budget

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Well here we are. And here is our 2024-25 Back-to-School Guide, a comprehensive guide to rights-based information for public school students/families. Just a reminder that the rights described are still in place. The laws & regulations they are based on are unchanged. www.elc-pa.org/2024-back-to...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Almost a third of preteens, teens with long COVID still not recovered at 2 years, study shows Those who reported COVID reinfections during the study period had the most symptoms through 24 months. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

🚨Important NEW report from @nepc.bsky.social re: the fiscal impacts of vouchers/charters on public schools. Check it out: nepc.colorado.edu/publication/... "Policymakers must ensure equitable funding for public schools and hold charter and private schools to the same standards as public ones."

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) ensures students with disabilities learn alongside their peers to the greatest extent possible. This blog offers practical tips for IEP teams to make thoughtful, inclusive decisions. 🌟 #IEP #SpecialEducation #AllMeansAll #InclusiveEd bit.ly/4hGsLOv

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

This is who we are. Education, Environmental & Economic JUSTICE. Black Woman Lead. Pittsburgh proud. We don’t backdown.

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

In Pittsburgh most charter school applications are denied by the local elected school board. So… They head over to the PA Charter Appeal Board (w/ no elected seats) in Harrisburg. W/ a near 100% approval rate, they reverse local decisions & a new charter school is born. (2019: we found them)

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Pittsburgh Public Schools announced this evening they won’t recommend closing any schools for the 2025-26 school year. The announcement comes despite consultant recommendations to begin shuttering and reconfiguring several schools beginning next school year. www.wesa.fm/education/20...

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

This year Pittsburgh Public Schools has 1,800 students who are learning English - around 10% of the student body - in part due to refugee resettlement. PPS is striving to hire the specialized teachers they need, @publicsourcepa.bsky.social reports www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

What would it mean if President-elect Trump dismantled the US Department of Education? theconversation.com/what-would-i...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Trump says McMahon’s top priority will be pushing school vouchers

submitted 97 days ago • 56 comments

👀 If you follow what's happening with the Pittsburgh Public School Board, read this. SOFG contract approved 2/2024, no RFP. Implementation Plan approved 8/2024. No public deliberation or discussion for either vote. No public discussion about SOFG yet - everything is behind closed doors. 😏

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment