Across the Mon Valley, contract winners have intricate ties to former superintendent

During a decade as superintendent of three school systems, Patrick Risha, 59, worked repeatedly with contractors whose relationships have included business and political aspects, spurring protests, court battles and a Post-Gazette examination.

Private v public school debate turns to bricks and mortar

Cranbourne East Secondary College smells like the inside of an expensive new car.

Building Epic 1 and 1 charter school labor of friendship

Ben Harris, an Oklahoma City man who is working on a dozen charter school applications in other states, is behind a proposed virtual charter school in Oklahoma that sued the state education department ...

Perils in the workplace

Ava Miller and hundreds of others in the Calumet Region who lost loved ones to workplace dangers in the past four decades measure their pain in the emotional voids left behind. At least 316 workers died, and another 343 injured workers carry the scars of those dangers through lost limbs, disfigurement or other injuries.

Lasell College agrees to settle lender gift allegations

Lasell College agreed to pay more than $191,000 to students to settle allegations it steered student loan applicants to Citizens Bank after the lender showered the school's financial aid officers with free trips to sunny resorts and other gifts. Student loan - Student financial aid - Education - Lasell College - Loan