When Mark Hornak was in junior high, he was part of student council. When he went to high school, he was class president. And when he was in college, he ran for the school board. So while he suspected that law and government would be part of his life when he went to the University of Pittsburgh, it wasn't until he took Emeritus Faculty Eugene Lincoln’s School Law class that “law really caught fire with me, as I could see that same passion and commitment in Professor Lincoln,” says Horna...
In late April 2016, a group of more than 60 superintendents from across the state celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Forum for Western Pennsylvania School Superintendents (The Forum). We celebrated two decades of, in the words of Forum Director and Clinical Associate Professor Jerry Longo, “advocacy for children and youth, collaboration and collegiality among school leaders, mentoring new executive school leaders, and becoming masters of our complex profession.” Founded in 1996...
The FE-R (First Experiences in Research) program provides a unique opportunity for University of Pittsburgh undergraduate/first year students to work with a faculty member on a research project across various subject areas. The student spends the spring semester working 5 to 10 hours week on the project and taking a one-to-two credit course on conducting research. I chose to work on School of Education Associate Professor Amanda Godley's research on the effectiveness of peer feedba...