Pittsburgh Public School

Pittsburgh Public Schools will shift 17 schools to remote learning today, with eight expected to reopen Wednesday and nine others to remain closed for the rest of the week. District officials says the closures are due to staff shortages caused by a spike in COVID-19 cases.

On today’s program: Education reporter Sarah Schneider explains the potential impacts of Pittsburgh Public Schools’ student enrollment declined this year, and some possible reasons why; and a discussion with two speakers of the city’s first “Eradicate Hate Global Summit,” which starts today.

Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers President Nina Esposito-Visgitis said she is disturbed that the city school district proposed spending more than $8 million on online educational tools without what she called significant teacher input.

Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Hamlet and school board president Sylvia Wilson dropped out of a City Council hearing at the last minute Wednesday. Councilors Danielle Lavelle and Ricky Burgess called the public hearing after declaring a state of educational emergency in February.

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