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A teacher and students, with currency interposed. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)

Higher need, lower experience: Pittsburgh’s tenured teachers cluster in best-supported schools

by Lajja Mistry October 23, 2023October 27, 2023

High teacher pay at PPS means some stay for decades, but some schools keep few longtime educators.

The Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy 6-12 Bulldogs, left, shake hands with the Taylor Allderdice High School Dragons at the start of their football game, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at Cupples Stadium in the South Side. The high schools sit only three miles apart but the disparities range from academic programming to infrastructure. At left, the blue and yellow uniformed Bulldogs, at right, white and green Dragons. The two players at front pound fists as a greeting. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Allderdice and Westinghouse, 3 miles away, are worlds apart in AP classes, teacher experience, student disadvantage

by Lajja Mistry October 3, 2023October 22, 2023