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.  We love to cite our sources! 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 Want some more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We’re also on Twitter @citycastpgh & Instagram @CityCastPgh! Not a fan of social? Then leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.