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COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — This year’s theme for Wreaths Across America (WAA) is “Find a Way to Serve.” In keeping with this, the organization launched a...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Out of Gov. Tom Wolf’s commitment to leaving the state’s education system in better shape than he found it comes a three-year strat...

HOMESTEAD — Educators in Armstrong and Indiana counties will soon receive innovative STEM learning tools thanks to the Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s (...

UNIVERSITY PARK (AP) — When the pandemic first closed schools in March 2020, it was an emergency response that upended the typical priorities of publi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A new law aims to help ease the substitute teacher shortage nearing crisis levels in many Pennsylvania schools. Gov. Tom Wolf on Fr...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Twenty-six volunteers from four counties enrolled in the pilot. Led by educators from Extension's Leadership and Community Vitality ...

TAR SPOT: Tar spot, a fungal leaf disease, was positively identified in a cornfield in Lancaster County this week. First discovered in Pennsylvania in...

CARE for Children, the lead agency for Safe Kids Pennsylvania — McKean County Partner, recently joined together with the Bradford Area School District...

Educators and parents of school-aged children are once again engaged in a national debate about teaching civics in schools. Recently, though, there’s ...

SMETHPORT — Morgan Cady has been named the new 4-H and youth development educator with Penn State Extension, McKean County. She will be working with e...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has $400,000 in grant funding available for youth and adult environmental educati...

CARE for Children, a non-profit organization that provides services to children of all abilities, is hosting a free professional training, “Active Pla...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In-person, nonessential events and programs sponsored by Penn State Extension through at least June 19 have been cancelled, postpone...

Although every industry has been affected to some degree by the COVID-19 pandemic, few have been rocked as hard as the education sector. The pandemic ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Growing up has its ups and downs under normal circumstances, but the novel coronavirus is making that even more complicated, accordi...

UNIVERSITY PARK — With stay-at-home orders in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, many families are wrestling with how to adjust to being at home al...

SMETHPORT — An online presentation called “Living in a Digital World” will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 28, 9:30 a.m. on April 29 and at noon April 30. ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Implementing policies to spur improvements in retail activities in rural communities will be the topic of a web-based seminar presen...

Penn State Extension has adjusted its delivery of programs and services in order to protect the health of extension personnel and the public while sti...

STATE COLLEGE — Two McKean County 4-H members were honored recently at the 2020 Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference at the Penn State Hotel a...