Top Democratic Presidential Contenders To Attend Pittsburgh Forum

PITTSBURGH, PA - Six leading presidential candidates are expected to attend a nationally televised education forum at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. MSNBC will broadcast the event, which will be moderated by two MSNBC reporters.

The candidates include Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer. Several other candidates also may attend the event.

While the forum will not be a debate, the candidates will answer questions from forum attendees. The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers is one of the organizations hosting the event and its members will be among those querying the candidates.

“In Pittsburgh, we try to solve tough education challenges with innovative solutions in a pragmatic, collaborative manner," Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers President Nina Esposito-Visgitis said in a statement. "We won’t shy away from asking tough, fair, probing questions of these candidates."

Co-hosting the event along with the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, Alliance for Educational Justice, Center for Popular Democracy, Action Journey for
Justice Alliance, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Network for Public Education Action, One Pennsylvania, Schott Foundation for Public Education and the Service Employees International Union.