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Are you looking to start off the New Year with new skills? Register now for an introductory training session on Project-Based Learning (PBL), beginning Feb. 2. The training includes four half-day Zoom workshops as well as video and other resources accessible through our Canvas portal. Participants will learn and practice the 10 key design elements […]

Following a strong and strategic start with the launch of Great Idea Grants in 1986, the Consortium quickly won hearts and minds among educators across the Mon Valley. In turn, it also began gaining community support. With a foundation laid, our organization began building improvement strategies and resources around schools. Among the earliest were Partnerships […]

Interested educators can register for a Nov. 4 webinar about helping groups of students engage in virtual, work-based learning experiences. Under our state-approved Small-Group Career Mentoring model, classrooms are paired with companies so that students can learn about careers and how to begin developing relationships with professionals who can offer guidance.

As world leaders gather the first week of November for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, our partners at Covestro will kick off a parallel Youthquake Thinc30 event for students. Classrooms can access the virtual event at their convenience Nov. 1 through Nov. 5. On tap will be keynote speakers, young climate activists, […]

Following a convening of nearly 50 nonprofits that the Richard K. Mellon Foundation organized to discuss ways of ensuring economic mobility for all of our region’s youth, our Executive Director offered some thoughts in a Viewpoint column for the Pittsburgh Business Times about ways businesses can collaborate with schools and nonprofits to clear away roadblocks […]

The Consortium is grateful for two grants received in the past month, a $150,000 award from BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania for our Future Ready Partnerships work and a 3-year $30,000 commitment from the Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of the Buhl Foundation to support our initiative for Empowering Educators. “We’re so thankful for […]

Educators and students interested in “on demand” career learning resources will find them on our website and our YouTube channel. We’re continuing to expand the Snack & Learn  series that we launched last fall with videos that educators and students can access whenever they have time. Additionally, we’re still offering our hugely popular Career Journeys […]

This fall, the Consortium is offering two introductory webinars on Human-Centered Design (HCD)–one for school administrators and one for classroom teachers–to provide the basics for understanding how this powerful set of tools can be applied in classrooms, schools, or entire districts. Educators can register now for a session on at noon on Thursday, October 21. […]

Building on a pilot from last spring, the Consortium will work this fall with districts participating in EdLeaders Pittsburgh to give middle and high school students exposure to Historically Black Colleges & Universities. This fall’s program also will provide mentoring sessions with Black and Brown professionals so that they can share their experiences in a range of occupations to give students of color opportunities […]

“The Mon Valley Education Consortium (now the Consortium for Public Education) began with a dream — that a level playing field could be created for all children, even if their school districts and communities were struggling to overcome financial setbacks and dwindling tax bases.” Linda L. Croushore, Ed.D., former Executive Director To continue celebrating the [...]