CPE News

CCK helps Yough students explore apprenticeships A group of students from Yough High School got a close-up look at trade apprenticeship opportunities this month when two training centers hosted them as part of our College & Career Knowledge (CCK) program. Early in the morning, students visited Steamfitters Local 449’s new state-of-the-art training center in Harmony, […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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! 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 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 […]

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 It’s always exciting to kick off a new school year, but even more so when you’re heading into it with a great new collaborator like the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory at Mathematica Policy Research. Under a five-year federal contract, Mathematica Policy Research [...]