education

SMETHPORT — With the arrival of scheduled graduation commencements all around McKean County set for this week, there have been many events surrounding...

HARRISBURG — Teachers are leaving their jobs at an accelerating rate in Pennsylvania, amid fears of a nationwide exodus of burned-out teachers and a c...

Teachers leaving the profession and college students declining to enter it cite myriad reasons for the trend, so legislators can’t resolve the resulti...

The week of May 21, thirteen students in Mr. Bryant’s Networking and Security shop at the Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center earned industry...

ERIE — Around this time, in 2022, Aaron Weinkauf received word that he was awarded the McGrady Family Scholarship. It was one of the most exciting mom...

The field of American history is in crisis. Earlier this month, the Department of Education released troubling data indicating that only 13% of eighth...

Christine Weaver constantly questioned her origins for more than five decades, never knowing the identity of her birth parents — until earlier this ye...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Aspiring Pennsylvania teachers are due to soon be trained in “culturally relevant” education, under a new state standard requirin...

The AAUW-Bradford Branch has honored two members for service to the organization and to the community. The Outstanding Woman recipient is Nancy Grow D...

As summer approaches, events throughout the region are being scheduled. As of press time, the listed events were scheduled as follows: Today will be B...

The NAACP is on high alert — a Republican governor, with an unabashedly conservative agenda and some chance of winning, is running for president. It h...

GROVE CITY — Hannah Taylor , a Biology major at Grove City College from Coudersport, has been named to the Dean’s List with Distinction for the spring...

It’s not easy becoming a teacher in Pennsylvania. I should know. As a student at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, I’ve been working on beco...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A student shot and killed another student early Wednesday outside a school in Pittsburgh, authorities said. The alleged shooter was ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part piece about former St. Bonaventure basketball coach Jim O’Brien. It was written three years ago for a...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – St. Bonaventure women’s basketball head coach Jim Crowley has announced the addition of new assistant coach Jim Brunelli. Brun...

HARRISBURG — Legislators believe a $10,000 stipend may encourage student teachers to stay in Pennsylvania long term. Sens. Ryan Aument, R-Lititz, and ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part piece about former St. Bonaventure basketball coach Jim O’Brien. It was written three years ago for a ...

CEDARVILLE, Ohio — Abigail Anderson from Coudersport, Pa., majoring in Nursing, was named to the spring 2023 Dean’s Honor List at Cedarville Universit...

Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at Houghton University, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they a...