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Lajja Mistry

Lajja Mistry

K-12 Education Reporter at PublicSource

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  • English
Covering topics
  • Education
  • Elementary Education
  • Primary and Pre-K Education
  • Secondary Education

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Recent Articles

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PPS struggles to find staff for growing ELL student body

Pittsburgh Public Schools has had an influx of English Language Learner students. The district faces a shortage of English Language Development staff.
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Parents offer an alternative to PPS’ school closure proposal

After Pittsburgh Public Schools consultants pitched their final facilities proposal, some parents assembled their own closures plan in response.
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PPS closures, consolidations remain, per facilities final proposal

The final proposal names 17 Pittsburgh school closures, one school creation and splits others into traditional K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 models.
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Pittsburgh-area schools teach media literacy amid Election 2024

As many Pittsburgh high school students register to vote, teachers at Baldwin High School and Pittsburgh CAPA teach lessons on government and misinformation.
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Past PPS closures haunt Pittsburgh’s West Side families

The Pittsburgh Public Schools closures in 2012 hit Sheraden, Crafton Heights and Elliott. Families worry they’ll be subjected to closures again.
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Pittsburgh Schools plans to close Manchester and move CAPA 6-8

Consultants proposed closing Manchester K-8 and housing a creative arts middle school in the building. Families react.
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PPS consultants answer your questions on closures, magnets, transpo...

What's at stake in PPS's looming facilities plan? We've got the answers in a Q&A with the lead authors.
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Closures, grade reconfigurations and magnet phase-outs floated in P...

A proposed plan for streamlining the district’s schools lays out big changes for the Pittsburgh Public system.
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PPS summer programming boosts learning, teaches kindness

Summer B.O.O.S.T. seeks to bridge student learning gaps with craft, music and instruction.
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Most PPS buildings well below standards as district preps for closures

The Facilities Condition Index, which allocates a score card to each building, could shed light on which schools stand to shutter.
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Most Pittsburgh Public Schools teachers earning above $90K

Payroll at PPS rose by $15 million in 2023, as labor contracts pushed pay up. A district-wide reduction in staffing may be coming.