Editing Pittsburgh (section)

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
{{See also|List of colleges and universities in Pittsburgh}}
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Pittsburgh is home to many colleges, universities and research facilities, the most well-known of which are [[Carnegie Mellon University]], the [[University of Pittsburgh]], and [[Duquesne University]]. Also in the city are [[Carlow University]], [[Chatham University]], [[Point Park University]], the [[Community College of Allegheny County]], [[Pittsburgh Theological Seminary]], [[Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary]], and the [[Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science]].

The campuses of Carlow, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Pittsburgh are near each other in the [[Oakland (Pittsburgh)|Oakland]] neighborhood that is the city's traditional cultural center. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university founded by [[Andrew Carnegie]] and [[Andrew Mellon]].<ref name="usnews_college_rankings">{{cite magazine |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/page+3 |title=National Universities: Top Schools |year=2013 |magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref> CMU contains the [[Mellon College of Science]], [[Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science|School of Computer Science]], [[Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering|College of Engineering]], [[Tepper School of Business|School of Business]], [[Heinz College]], [[Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts|College of Fine Arts]], writing, [[Social and Decision Sciences]], information systems, statistics, and psychology programs.

The University of Pittsburgh, established in 1787 and popularly referred to as "Pitt", is a [[Commonwealth System of Higher Education|state-related]] school with one of the nation's largest research programs.<ref name="edu" /> Pitt is known for the [[Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences]], [[University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs]], [[University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences]], [[Swanson School of Engineering]], [[University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration]], [[University of Pittsburgh School of Law]], [[University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine]], [[University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work]], and other biomedical and health-related sciences.<ref name="usnews_college_rankings" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory.fp5&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=U.S.%20News&-max=50&-recid=39345&-find=| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111115606/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory.fp5&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3A%3Aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=U.S.%20News&-max=50&-recid=39345&-find=| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 11, 2009 |title=University Times |last=Hart |first=Peter |date=August 30, 2007| access-date = May 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/ |title=Welcome to the 2006–2008 Philosophical Gourmet Report |last=Leiter |first=Brian |date=November 10, 2006| access-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref><ref name="pitt-fall-07">{{cite web |url=http://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/fall2007/feature1.html |title=The Company We Keep |last=Gill |first=Cindy |date=Fall 2007 |work=Pitt |publisher=University of Pittsburgh | access-date= April 29, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080114214829/http://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/fall2007/feature1.html | archive-date= January 14, 2008 | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Peter |title=U.S. News ranks Pitt grad schools |newspaper=University Times |date=April 5, 2007 |url=http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory.fp5&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=School%20of%20Public%20Health%20ranked&-max=50&-recid=39152&-find= | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111162510/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory.fp5&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3A%3Aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=School%20of%20Public%20Health%20ranked&-max=50&-recid=39152&-find= | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 11, 2009 | access-date = March 24, 2008}}</ref>

[[Carlow University]] is a small private Catholic university that while coeducational, has traditionally educated women. [[Chatham University]], a liberal arts college that was founded as a woman's college but became fully coeducational in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/08/24/Chatham-University-prepares-for-its-first-co-ed-undergrad-class/stories/201508170172|title=Chatham University prepares for its first coed undergraduate class|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> is in the Shadyside neighborhood, but also maintains a {{convert|388|acre|adj=on}} Eden Hall Farm campus in the [[North Hills, Pennsylvania|North Hills]]. [[Duquesne University]], a private Catholic university in the [[Bluff (Pittsburgh)|Bluff]] neighborhood and is noted for its song and dance troupe, the [[Duquesne University Tamburitzans]], as well as programs in law, business, and pharmacy. [[Point Park University]] was founded in 1961 and is well known for its Conservatory of Performing Arts and its [[Pittsburgh Playhouse]].

===Primary education===
{{Further|Pittsburgh Public Schools}}
[[File:Allderdice.jpg|thumb|[[Taylor Allderdice High School]] in Pittsburgh in November 2006]]
[[Pittsburgh Public Schools]] teachers are paid well relative to their peers, ranking 17th in 2000 among the 100 largest cities by population for the highest minimum salary. In 2018, the starting teacher salary offered to teachers with a BA was $46,920. The maximum annual salary for a teacher with a master's degree was $95,254.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/pittsburgh-allegheny/pittsburgh-public-schools-to-pay-new-teachers-more-scrap-performance-based-pay/ |title=Pittsburgh Public Schools to pay new teachers more, scrap performance-based pay {{!}} TribLIVE.com|website=archive.triblive.com|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>

Local public schools include many charter and magnet schools, including [[City Charter High School]] (computer and technology focused), Pittsburgh Montessori School (formerly Homewood Montessori), [[Pittsburgh Gifted Center]], [[Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12]], [[Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School|Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12]], [[Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy]], the [[Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children]], and the [[Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf]].

Private schools in Pittsburgh include [[Bishop Canevin High School]], [[Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Central Catholic High School]], [[Oakland Catholic High School]], [[Winchester Thurston School]], [[St. Edmund's Academy]], Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Yeshiva Schools and [[The Ellis School]]. [[Shady Side Academy]] maintains a PK–5 primary school campus in the [[Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Point Breeze]] neighborhood, in addition to its 6–12 middle and upper school campuses in nearby suburban [[Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania|Fox Chapel]]. Other private institutions outside of Pittsburgh's limits include [[North Catholic High School]] and [[Seton-La Salle Catholic High School]].

The city also has an extensive library system, both public and university. Most notable are the [[Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh]] and the [[University of Pittsburgh]]'s University Library System, which rank as the ninth-largest public and 18th-largest academic libraries in the nation, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listlargestlibs.htm |title=Nation's Largest Libraries |work=LibrarySpot | access-date = October 21, 2007 | archive-date = May 29, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070529215517/http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listlargestlibs.htm | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>Widdersheim, Michael M. ''Circulation of Power: The Development of Public Library Infrastructure in Greater Pittsburgh, 1924-2016.'' Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2023.</ref>