Education
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Thousands of Pa. College Students Wait for Key Financial Aid Due to State Budget Impasse
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Last year’s aid was also delayed, due to federal data glitches and a botched software rollout.
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Conference to Spotlight Community Language Arts Education
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Centre County nonprofit Ridgelines Language Arts will host a one-day conference focused on what it means to teach writing, poetry and storytelling in community settings, such as youth centers, nursing […]
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Making an Impact: New Penn State Incubator Offers Workforce, Economic Benefits for the Community
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Penn State’s Impact Incubator formed to help solve a skill gap problem that employers and business development organizations have found among new graduates entering the workforce.
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PA Builders Association Partners With CPI to Give Students Award-Winning, Hands-On Experience
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This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. PLEASANT GAP — The future of Pennsylvania’s workforce may be taking shape in the classrooms and workshops at the Central Pennsylvania […]
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SCASD Set to Host Homecoming Parade, With a Few Changes From Previous Years
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State College Area School District’s annual homecoming parade returns on Thursday with a few changes that district officials said were spurred on by safety concerns. The parade, with a student-selected […]
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New Principal Leading St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy
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This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. BOALSBURG – Dr. Geoffrey Miller joined Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy as principal on Aug. 13. He brings over 20 years of […]
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Local Historia: Education in the 1800s
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Early Centre County schoolhouses featured “tyrannical, illiterate” teachers, historian John Blair Linn wrote.
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Penn State Now Offering American Sign Language Minor
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Penn State’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is now offering the option to study American Sign Language (ASL) as a minor for undergraduate students. The minor, which is open […]
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Eyes on the Road, Hearts With the Kids
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Bus drivers make every mile a memory for Centre County schoolchildren.
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State College Area High School Ranked Among Top 40 in Pa. by U.S. News & World Report
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Four of Centre County’s five public high schools improved their statewide standing in the U.S News & World Report 2025-2026 Best High Schools rankings released this week. The annual rankings […]