The Pittsburgh Regional Compact is a network of employers, schools and community organizations committed to building career education partnerships in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Compact facilitates partnerships among members by establishing lines of communication between businesses and schools, and engaging community organizations. Through relevant career education, local employers build a future pipeline of qualified employees, and the region’s students gain valuable career awareness and preparation.

As Compact members, employers and educators provide career education for students – our region’s future employees – to prepare them for the workforce.
The many ways to do this include:

• Classroom Speakers
• Workplace Tours
• Job Shadowing
• Career Mentoring
• Work Readiness Training
• Educators in the Workplace
• Graduation Project Advisors
• Internships

June 17, 2010

Eight Compact Member Schools Make Newsweek's List of America's Best High Schools

Newsweek annually picks the country's best high schools based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and tests. Approximately 1,600 schools – only six percent of all the public schools in the U.S. – made the list. 

Among them were eight Compact member schools representing both Allegheny and Beavers counties from the 10-county Pittsburgh region. These include Blackhawk (ranked 857) in Beaver County and Upper St. Clair (905); Quaker Valley (994); Pine-Richland (1,020); Pittsburgh Allderdice/Pittsburgh Public Schools (1,538); South Fayette (1,543); and North Allegheny (1,556) – all in Allegheny County. The rankings are based on a "challenge index," which considers the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests given at a school in a school year, divided by the number of seniors graduating that year. Schools with a ratio of at least 1.0, which means they had at least as many tests as graduates, are included in the list.

Congratulations to these Compact member schools, their staffs and their students.