A+ Schools, in cooperation with the Pittsburgh Public Schools, invites you to attend this community meeting about the PPS site based budgeting process and the budget reductions that result from enrollment declines. We’ll discuss maintaining educational priorities as part of the budget process. http://www.aplusschools.org/budget.html A+ Schools is an independent community advocate for improvement in public education. Our purpose is to be a community force advancing the highest educational achievement and character development for every public school student. http://www.aplusschools.org In depth, school-by-school information.

]]> http://www.aplusschools.org/report The Program Director (PD) is responsible for managing programs that advance the mission of A+ Schools. This position strongly supports the Executive Director, and requires someone who has a strong generalist skill set, with the ability to work autonomously on high-level projects.

]]> http://www.aplusschools.org/jobs.html A+ Schools and the Pittsburgh Public Schools, along with our co-sponsors, are pleased to present a community engagement process for the continued planning of Excel.9-12, The Plan for High School Excellence.  Join us for a series of community meetings to share ideas about new educational approaches to increase the rigor, personalization and choice of programs for secondary students.

]]> http://www.aplusschools.org/excel.html A collection of links to news stories about the Pittsburgh Public Schools. These stories come mainly from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, but also from other newspapers in Southwestern Pennsylvania, such as The Herald Standard and many others.

]]> http://www.aplusschools.org/headlines.html Data compilation and analysis were performed by Carol S. Parke, Ph.D., associate professor of Research Methodology, Duquesne University School of Education; and Steven Kachmar, research assistant. Indicators (categories of data) were selected by an A+ Schools committee headed by Dr. Alan Lesgold, dean of the School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. The report was written and edited by Faith Schantz. Please click here to read the report.

]]> http://www.aplusschools.org/cspr07.html Community involvement is an important part A+ Schools' task. Please sign up here to be put on our mailing lists, receive e-mail alerts regarding information updates on our websites, news about upcoming meetings and to participate in our project committees.

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