Education

Northsiders have told us that education is a cornerstone of our community's success now and in the future. Specifically, they're concerned about two ends of the spectrum. One is nurturing young children so that they're ready to make the most of their educational future starting with kindergarten. The other is ensuring all Northside schools, beginning with Perry High School, are places that prepares students for a changing future with a rigorous and innovative curriculum.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Building brighter futures for Northside children.

Based on resident input, One Northside is focused on empowering local partners to address these two core strategies:

One: Providing access to affordable, high-quality childcare and prekindergarten education so that every child is prepared for school by age five.  

Two: Ensure Northside schools provide a quality education that allows every student to thrive academically while building the skills to succeed in college, career and life.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Nurturing growth, one star at a time

Trying Together is One Northside's partner for addressing childcare/prekindergarten education. They're currently working with Northside early education providers to increase their quality of care through the Keystone Stars rating system. Every provider that completes the system receives one star. This tells parents and caregivers that their children are in the best possible hands for learning, nurturing and safety. Providers gain additional stars by completing increasingly intensive testing. Trying Together is currently working with Northside early childcare facilities to go beyond their first star and gain all four.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Perry High:  A+ progress

A+ Schools is One Northside's partner for improving the educational opportunities for students at Perry High School. Since beginning their involvement in 2018, they've helped create dramatic results in a number of areas. These include reversing the school's declining enrollment and increasing new students by more than 100, introducing college level classes, providing junior and senior students with exposure to 21st Century career opportunities, and pioneering a revolutionary safety ambassador program that empowers students to mediate and defuse potentially violent in-school interactions.

Fast Fact!

Did you know that A+ Schools is on a mission to drastically reduce the number of chronically absent students in Pittsburgh’s public schools?

Our education partners

Education focused groups

One Northside Education Steering Committee

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Trying Together's Northside Providers Network

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Things are a lot better at Perry High School from where they were. But is there still a lot of work to be done? Yes.

James Fogarty
Executive Director
A+ Schools

Our results in numbers.

20.5% increase
in enrollment at Pittsburgh Perry High School
42% increase
in teacher satisfaction at Perry High School (32% to 74%) since 2018 when A+ joined as a partner

How do I get involved?

Join us in shaping the future of education on the Northside! Connect with our partners and discover how you can make a difference today.