literacy

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) announced its selection of “Arlo Draws an Octopus...

HARRISBURG — Educators and families say the recent infusion of school funding from the state is helping. When evidence of that will show up in the met...

Reading doesn't just happen. It's a skill that has to be learned, which means it has to be taught. And since reading is foundational to success in jus...

HARRISBURG — Test results from last year’s PSSA and Keystone tests, two measures of academic performance across the state, show modest improvement in ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) unveiled a toolkit to develop the information literacy skills of educators, students and f...

Millions of Americans now turn to social media for news, at least sometimes, and it’s clear that much of the “news” that they consume is not journalis...

About 125,000 students will graduate from Pennsylvania public high schools in 2023, and most of them will head to the workforce or college with scant ...

NATIONAL LITERACY MONTH: September is National Literacy Month, and according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, reading proficiency by third grade...

It has been 20 years since I wrote an article for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry titled, “The Impact of Media ...

President Rebecca Hilzinger welcomed members to Delta Kappa Gamma’s Oct. 6 meeting. Delta Kappa Gamma Society promotes professional and personal growt...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University has turned two graduate programs into one, greatly enhancing the marketability of students who can ...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, reads to participants of the Bradford Family Center’s parent-child group of birth to age 5 for the Pennsylvan...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Family Centers, a program of The Guidance Center, and community leaders have come together to celebrate Pennsylvania One...

Ameriprise Financial, in conjunction with the Bradford Area Public Library, as part of the financial literacy series will be presenting a workshop on ...

Think of literacy and the Bradford Area Public Library, and what comes to mind? Reading? Researching? Learning? Starting next month, the public librar...