Post Tagged with: "Local Government"

PA Students Given Option to Repeat Grade by “Act 66”

PA Students Given Option to Repeat Grade by “Act 66”

By Jacob Schramm, Staff Writer. In December 2020, Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post asked whether it was “fair to give kids regular A-F grades when nothing has been regular about the way they are living and learning since March [2020] and won’t be for some time?”[1] Earlier that year, the Pennsylvania (PA) […]

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Pittsburgh Approves E-Scooter Ordinance

Pittsburgh Approves E-Scooter Ordinance

By Nathan Polacek, Staff Writer On July 9th, 2021, the City of Pittsburgh launched an electric scooter partnership with Spin, a unit of Ford Motor Company, to provide easily accessible, app-based e-scooters throughout the city.[1]  Since the launch, these e-scooters have been popping up all over the city; on streets, sidewalks, […]

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