1901 Centre Avenue, Suite 302A, Pittsburgh, 15219

A+ Schools is an independent community advocate for improvement in public education in Pittsburgh. Our vision is a community mobilized to improve public education to produce successive generations of young people who thrive and who build their families and futures in Pittsburgh. Our purpose is to be a community force advancing the highest educational achievement and character development for every public school student. A+ Schools informs, engages and mobilizes the community for improvement in three strategic areas of the Pittsburgh Public Schools; governance, equity, and teaching – so that every child attains high academic achievement and the racial achievement gap disappears:

Governance: The Pittsburgh Public Schools are only going to be as good as the leadership. We need a school board that is focused on policymaking to improve student outcomes.

Equity:To deliver a world class education, the Pittsburgh Public Schools must be equitable in its distribution of resources so that every child can benefit from schools that work.

Teaching: Every student in the Pittsburgh Public Schools should benefit from excellent classroom instruction. If teaching is not high quality, little else matters.

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