Dick’s, Dinner Times & Duquesne City Schools

It’s the Friday news roundup! A new study found Pennsylvanians eat dinner surprisingly early so we asked yinz what time you eat. Big layoffs and a store expansion put a spotlight on Dick’s Sporting Goods this week. Plus, Duquesne City School District could get its high school back — which may bode well for other schools still struggling financially from our unconstitutional funding formula. 

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• Andrew Goldstein has been following the Duquesne City news for awhile, first for the PG and now for the Pittsburgh Union Progress
• After years of budget cuts, Erie schools considered closing all their high schools in 2016
• PublicSource wrote about Sto-Rox’s plan to recruit charter school students back to the school district
• After a Commonwealth Court judge decided Pennsylvania’s school funding system is unconstitutional, we teamed up with City Cast Philly to break down what comes next
• Dick’s announced layoffs early this week citing lower-than-expected quarterly earnings, but it was right on the heels of a new store launch
• Nike and Puma both promised to stop using kangaroo leather in their shoes a few years ago; the animal welfare group Center for a Humane Economy made a short but graphic video about the practice, which they’re calling on Dick’s to take a stand against
• Find the PA dinner time analysis and reader feedback in the Hey Pittsburgh newsletter

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