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Reading Warriors Lead the Battle Against Illiteracy

By Serena Zets - 10th Grade, Pittsburgh CAPA
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy reports that 13% of adults in the U.S. are in the lowest of four literacy levels, Below Basic. These adults struggle to do basic tasks like reading labels or medicine bottles. In Allegheny County, 13% of the adult population equates to about 135,000 adults. Read more [...]

aside 20 Jul

Tech Warriors Teach Younger Children Robotics and Programming

By Malyk Johnson - 12th Grade, Allderdice High School As I arrived at the Tech Warriors Training at the Neighborhood Learning Alliance on June 30th, I was ushered downstairs into a room crowded with tables, chairs, cleaning supplies, and... robots. I was introduced to the students who were using sensors, writing out programming code Read more [...]