Feed it Forward: Winchester Thurston students create nonprofit
Winchester Thurston students traveled to Nepal and Sri Lanka, were inspired by global nonprofits, and began Feed it Forward in Pittsburgh.
The Children’s Innovation Project: a tale of one classroom
The Children’s Innovation Project When Junlei Li entered Melissa Butler’s kindergarten class in spring 2012 with a video camera, Butler didn’t realize Li was focusing his lens mostly on her. […]
When play meant being free to experiment
In black and white photographs of a playground in Copenhagen circa 1940, all the kids are thrilled to be playing with junk. It’s surplus bricks and lumber, but the children […]
Pittsburgh teens who are changing our world
When Charlotte Murphy was in fourth grade in 2010, she joined the basketball team at Linden K-5. Then she discovered the true state of girls’ basketball in Pittsburgh Public Schools […]
Students dish about what makes a teacher special
In April, Kidsburgh introduced you to some special teachers cultivating lifelong learners in the Pittsburgh region. Those educators demonstrated and discussed their teaching styles, and we also heard from a […]