Charlee Song
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Babies See Race, Why Don't We? Collaborative To Study How Racial Identity Affects Achievement
Researchers believe negative racial identities in black students might be contributing to the racial achievement gap, which in Pennsylvania amounts to → Read More
"My Bike" Program Gives Free Adaptive Bikes to Children with Disabilities
What started as an idea in November, 2012 has become a reality that might become a national model, according to Charles LaVallee, Chief Executive Officer → Read More
Union Working with Health Care Facilities on Ebola Care
Executive Vice President Zach Zobrist of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania said the union is working with hospitals in the state to assure that specific → Read More
PA House and Senate Recognize Music Therapy
The Pennsylvania House and Senate last week passed resolutions recognizing music therapy as a “valid therapeutic service,” which were very welcome to the → Read More
Genetic Test Identifies Which Prostate Cancer Will Likely Recur
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has developed a 91 percent accurate genetic test to identify those patients whose prostate cancer is likely → Read More
Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program Leads Nation
Agriculture is the leading economic enterprise in Pennsylvania. Between 1982 and 1997, over a million acres were developed and converted to other uses—the → Read More
UV Robots Zap Germs in UPMC Hospitals
Hand washing, floor scrubbing, sterilizing instruments--all standard techniques to thwart hospital-acquired infections. Now UPMC hospitals are evaluating → Read More
How The Homewood Children's Village Is 'Re-Weaving the Fabric of the Community'
In the 19th century, wealthy white Pittsburghers, including George Westinghouse and Andrew Carnegie, created estates in Homewood, which was a pastoral and → Read More
The Failure to Educate Many African American Males
The graduation rate for African American males in Pennsylvania is 57 percent compared to 85 percent for white males--a 28 percentage point gap, according → Read More
In Shrinking the Achievement Gap, Maryland District May Provide a Model
According to the Nation’s Report Card released last week by the Department of Education, the achievement gap narrowed slightly in Pennsylvania over the → Read More