No one was more surprised than Northside Urban Pathways Charter School teacher Jamilla Rice to find out a school assembly was actually a ruse to present her with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. (Today)

For some classes, teachers can pull open a file drawer to show off student work, but the creativity of Hampton High School teacher Dan Franklin's stage technology students isn't so easily contained. (Today)

A Northside Urban Pathways teacher today won a $25,000 Milken Education Award. (Yesterday)

St. John the Baptist Church in Lawrenceville may be no more, but its buildings live on in new ways -- the historic main church has been a popular brewpub and restaurant since 1996, and now its former rectory will become a residence for teenage students at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. (Yesterday)

Expressing concern about the closings and reconfigurations of recent years, the Hill District Education Council will host a public meeting tomorrow to develop a blueprint for neighborhood schools. (Yesterday)