Conference offers insight into college transition A panel of business leaders told educators attending our Bridges to College Success conference that they’re looking as much for transferrable, soft skills when they hire as they are for academic and technical proficiency. While not entirely surprised, attendees invariably said that insight underscored the need for giving students […]
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SPS teams undertake theater marketing project
SPS teams aim to expand theater’s market As part of our Student Powered Solutions (SPS) program, teams from Albert Gallatin and Laurel Highlands high schools began a semester-long project this month to help Uniontown’s historic State Theatre Center for the Arts attract a younger audience. Opened as a movie theater nearly a century ago, the […]
Alliance sets agenda for new school year
Alliance maps out year, gets research overview from REL Educators involved in our Future Ready Alliance got their 2017-2018 work underway this week, reviewing network goals and refining projects they plan to undertake in their schools and districts. The Alliance, which also enlists partners from business and higher education, aims to help ensure students are […]
Top County aide joins Consortium Board
New Board member is TFIM alumnus Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s top aide has joined the Consortium’s Board. Austin Davis, who serves as Fitzgerald’s Executive Assistant, comes to the Consortium with a background in government and administration as well as personal experience in one of our flagship programs. In his current post, Mr. Davis monitors […]
Consortium offers training in Project-Based Learning
PBL vets bring insights to training session Teachers experienced in Project-Based Learning (PBL) shared insights with old-hands and novices alike this month when some 20 educators gathered at the Consortium for training or a refresher on PBL basics. Recalling his own plunge into the method, Blackhawk High School environmental science teacher Rob Puskas told attendees, […]
Meet our new intern!
Meet our new intern! Frank Kamara, an Associate from Public Allies Pittsburgh has joined the Consortium as an intern. He began this month and will work until June on the Refugee Youth Employment Project , which we offer in collaboration with Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh, and on Be A Middle School Mentor, which we’re rolling […]
Three partnering districts to work with CMU’s BrainHub
Three district partners to work with CMU’s BrainHub Students from three of our partnering districts visited one of Carnegie Mellon University’s BrainHub laboratories in early October in anticipation of analyzing data that scientists there are generating to show how experience changes the brain. They’ll be trying to form conclusions and hypotheses by looking at data being […]
Nominations begin for annual Champions of Learning Awards
Nominate someone today for our annual Champions of Learning Awards If you know individuals, organizations or businesses creating or supporting outstanding learning opportunities for students in western Pennsylvania, we want to hear from you! We’re now accepting nominations for our 2018 Champions of Learning Awards celebration. We’re looking for candidates in six categories: Arts, […]
Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory at Mathematica Policy Research kicks off Career Readiness initiative
Be a Middle School Mentor in the Mon Valley!
Be a middle school mentor in the mon valley There are more than a thousand kids in our region looking for mentors. Mentoring can change lives, so helping any one of them is a way you can make a difference! Please consider volunteering as little as an hour of your time each week during the […]