From today's PG:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09182/980970-53.stm
From the article, "The figures released publicly today estimate the city lost 1,038 residents from July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2008."
Again, these figures suggest that population decline explains only a relatively small part of the decline in PPS enrollment. Consultants could help most by identifying the extent of the various causes of declining PPS enrollment and resarching what can be done to stem this enrollment decline.
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It is interesting to be compared to a city that was destroyed by a hurricane and has yet to recover. The only difference is that our "hurricane" keeps hitting us again and again. And our 'FEMA' is the Pittsburgh Promise...does anyone feel safer now?
Pittsburgh is in far, far better shape than New Orleans! What is the hurricane that keeps hitting?
Board of Education and all its new plans that don't consider the educational value to the students, lack of foresight in long term planning, scripted curriculm, an environment in which teachers are not comfortable speaking out, a grading policy that counts the work not done as an 'ok' thing, moving programs around from one building to another because they can, telling untruths, encouraging parents to leave the system with a take it or leave it attitude, making decisions and then asking for public input.....
Oh, parent of 2, you meant educational hurricanes, not calamities hitting the system as a whole.
At the March "community dialogue" Pittsburgh as a city was compared to New Orleans as part of the argument for consolidating schools.
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