Protesters against the war in Gaza left Schenley Plaza in Oakland Monday, after a weeklong encampment saw only a couple arrests, and none of the violence that took place in other cities.
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The Pennsylvania School Directors Coalition has billed itself as non-partisan, but its website doesn’t detail leaders’ history with the state’s conservative education movements.
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Ten LGBTQ student advocacy groups at Pittsburgh Public Schools recently released a statement asking the district to better protect trans and non-binary students. The letter comes after the death of Oklahoma non-binary student Nex Benedict, who died after an altercation at their school last month.
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The call was relayed Tuesday at a gathering inside the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, where over two dozen Black educators from across western Pennsylvania gathered for a teach-in hosted by Research for Action.
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Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation receives $2 million gift through MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving initiative
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The country auctions in Lancaster County began in the 1960s. These days some get thousands of bidders and can do more than a million dollars in sales. The auctions benefit local fire departments.
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Penn State’s College of Liberal Arts is marking the 100th anniversary of a restrictive U.S. immigration law with a new theme of its "Moments of Change" initiative.
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The district's board approved two resolutions restricting students’ access to sports teams and shared bathrooms separate from the ones that correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth.
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The nanas program targets those students, many of whom frequently miss school because their families lack the transportation or resources to get them there otherwise.
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Buprenorphine is prescribed far less in racially and ethnically diverse areas, according to new study from Pitt researchers.
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The Women's Law Project, along with lawyers at the Community Justice Project, filed the brief earlier this week on behalf of Lebo Pride, a local LGBTQ advocacy group.