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BEAVER — Knowledge is power, and a Beaver County group is hoping to use that power to make education more equitable.  The Quality Education Council of the Beaver County Partnership for Community and Economic Growth on Monday received $175,000 in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Grable Foundation to continue the third phase of its Future of Education in Beaver County Public Schools Feasibility Study.  The third phase of the multi-year study will involve a team from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Research and Reform in Education. It will focus on explo...

Parents as Allies is finding and adapting strategies to better connect schools, teachers and families When schools shut down worldwide last spring, millions of parents had questions. In Pittsburgh, a telephone hotline for families lit up with calls — many from parents who had little communication with their children’s teachers and needed to know what was happening next. That hotline was a valuable solution to an immediate problem. But it pointed to a larger issue that’s been bubbling for decades. In many communities, there has never been a clear way for parents and teachers to connect. ...

Remake Learning collaborates with leaders around the world during Learning Planet Festival In India, children as young as four are beginning to learn about sustainability and climate change through play. In Nigeria, early-career teachers are being mentored to bring innovative techniques to classrooms and learn to change the world. And in the Pittsburgh region, a series of “moonshot grants,” inspired by last year’s Tomorrow Grants, will soon offer $1.1 million to fund experimental ideas for the future of learning. These learning initiatives, and many more, were on display earlier this w...

amollenauer@altoonamirror.com Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 has received a grant of $69,570 from the Grable Foundation of Pittsburgh. The funding, provided to the STEM Ecosystem, will go toward equipment, online resources and programs to enhance STEM-related programs for schools, public libraries and career and technical centers in Cambria, Somerset, Blair and Bedford counties. The grant is expected to impact unemployment rates in Pennsylvania by providing opportunities for students to gain skills in science, technology, engineering and math, which in turn will provide career and entrepren...

Gregg Behr calls for a statewide panel to rethink learning post-Covid While Covid has wreaked havoc on students and schools and education, it has also spurred innovation and new energy for change — like turning the Cathedral of Learning into a giant antenna for free Wi-Fi for at-home students. Gregg Behr, executive director of the Grable Foundation and co-chair of Remake Learning, thinks it’s time to consider establishing a statewide panel on learning innovation. “Across Pennsylvania, our neighbors and colleagues have likewise seen educators, parents and young people themselves respond ...