Early Childhood Education

On today’s episode of The Confluence: For 30 years, Dr. Jim Withers of Pittsburgh Mercy has been making “house calls” to people living on the streets; a look into the practice of search and seizure following the FBI raid at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home; and a conversation about how a state grant for early childhood learning will add another early childhood education class to Homestead. Today’s guests include: Dr. Jim Withers, medical director of Homeless Services at Pittsburgh Mercy; David Harris, law professor at the University of Pittsburgh and WESA’s legal analyst; and Hannah Sitz, executive director of Maple Unified Student Academy.

Seven-year-old Hunter McClain and her four-year-old sister Rowen miss a lot of the things that they used to do before the novel coronavirus pandemic.“We…

Monday is the first day of school for a new Pittsburgh Public Schools early childhood classroom located in the Carnegie Science Center. The classroom will…

The annual report Kids Count shows the Commonwealth fares better than most by making gains in education, but continues to show poor numbers in economic…

A group of local organizations is hoping to include a referendum on the ballot in November to increase property taxes in order to pay for early childhood…

More than a fifth of Pittsburgh’s three- and four-year-olds are not in high quality preschool programs.In 2016 Mayor Bill Peduto’s office hired Tiffini…

Pittsburgh's neediest families won't benefit from the proposed reforms to President Donald Trump's affordable child care system, according to some local…

City Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak says she's planning to introduce legislation Tuesday to create a task force charged with finding funding for children…

A diverse group of very young students sit cross-legged for story time at Rose Avenue elementary in Toronto. The kids are joyful, yet focused, and the…

Duquesne Elementary School kindergarten teacher Breanne Dolby thought she was bringing her students to the library for a “surprise guest reader” last…