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Pitt report on improving education post-pandemic says personalized, learner-centered approach is keyOn today’s episode of The Confluence: We talk about what interventions still need to happen to help remedy pandemic learning loss and improve education as we head into the next school year; UPMC and a world-renowned transplant surgeon are at the heart of a federal investigation, we talk about the case and its implications; and how North Allegheny recent graduates are trying to help the next class of school activists make change.Today’s guests include: Briana Mihok, senior policy strategist for the Institute of Politics at the University of Pittsburgh; and Jonathan Silver, reporter with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: The first director of Allegheny County’s Department of Children Initiatives, Rebecca Mercatoris, lays out her vision for the department; the North Allegheny School District board has voted to make mask-wearing optional, but the decision could be overruled by the state Supreme Court; and author Yaa Gyasi discusses about her second book, “Transcendent Kingdom,” which is included as part of the Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures Ten Evenings Series.
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The North Allegheny School board abruptly ended its meeting Wednesday night after some in attendance in the school auditorium refused to wear masks. A federal court order issued earlier this week requires masks to be worn on district property. Parents and students sued the district on Sunday, saying its reversal of a mask mandate violated due process. The board made masks optional during a meeting earlier this month that was intended to be only about hiring staff.
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A Pennsylvania school district has canceled an active-shooter training event over concerns raised about "violent, homophobic and anti-Muslim" social media…
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90.5 WESA’s weekly news program The Confluence assembles reporters, editors and bloggers who join veteran journalist and host, Kevin Gavin.They go behind…
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The students in Zack Hull’s 8th grade English class are eager to share their “This I Believe” essays. For several years, he has had his students dig…
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In an effort to combat the rising obesity rates in Allegheny County, physical education instructors in the North Allegheny School District have taken…
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In an effort to combat the rising obesity rates in Allegheny County, physical education instructors in the North Allegheny School District have taken…