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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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Opinion | Stop blaming the American education system for your own apathy

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist September 25, 2023
The way that people perform authority when discussing politics in this country, particularly in spaces labeled as vaguely “intellectual,” is a pastime almost as American as forcing kindergarteners to say the pledge of allegiance
Three boys reading in a classroom.

Editorial | NYC public schools are getting rid of their gifted program — Pittsburgh should be next

By The Pitt News Editorial Board October 11, 2021
It is time for Pittsburgh to follow New York’s example and eliminate the gifted program from local school districts. 
Pennsylvania educators who have been convicted of crimes and have had their certificates revoked continue to receive undeserved pensions. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Editorial: Not enforcing State pension forfeiture laws wastes tax dollars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 3, 2018

It’s no secret that Pennsylvania public schools have a deficit that seems to get larger and larger as the gap in federal funding widens between poor and affluent districts. Many lay off or threaten to...

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos speaks during a news conference at the Marriott Heron Bay in Coral Springs, Florida, after meeting with students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday, March 7. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

Editorial: DeVos’ poor school choices affect PA public school success

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 14, 2018

Betsy DeVos said it herself — “We should be funding and investing in students.” A student focus is certainly necessary, and the statement would have been fine on its own had she not followed it...

Annual changes to Pennsylvania’s school code were proposed in House Bill 178, moving to the Senate for debate next week. (Photo by Kumar Appaiah via Flickr)

Editorial: PA Republicans’ education bill offers little choice

By The Pitt News Editorial Board October 23, 2017

The first full school year under new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is well underway and, in a bill passed last week, Pennsylvania’s state legislators are mirroring the federal administration’s...

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