School music groups to perform at Consortium Book Fair

Six musical groups from five schools will perform at Barnes & Noble's Waterfront store in Homestead on Sunday, December 12th during The Consortium for Public Education's holiday Book Fair. To learn about all of the other activities planned for the day and how your shopping can benefit kids in our region, click Book Fair.

Pittsburgh Brashear's TFIM team tries its hand at a Hear Me! project

Pittsburgh Brashear High School students participating in The Consortium for Public Education's career exploration program, The Future Is Mine (TFIM), used Carnegie Mellon University's Hear Me! project as the springboard for a cross-cultural exchange. To read more about their participation in the region-wide effort to amplify youth voices, click Hear Me!

Consortium awards fall round of Great Idea Grants

The Consortium for Public Education's latest round of Great Idea Grants will support projects ranging from a mentoring program that pairs middle school students with disabled peers to classroom lessons using music to improve first and second grade reading fluency. For a complete rundown of the projects funded, click Great Idea Grants.

Expect Respect team leaders build emotional IQ with socio-drama

Student leaders participating in The Consortium for Public Education's Expect Respect program convened earlier this month for training in socio-drama, a form of role-playing that helped them examine the kinds of conflicts that can tip peer relationships toward abuse and violence. To learn more about their work, click Expect Respect.