YORK, Pa. — As concerns of the Coronavirus continue to grow, school districts are preparing. “There’s a need to not alarm people, but there’s also a need to be transparent and for parents to be assured that schools do have their children’s best interest at the forefront of everything they do,” said Mark Walters, public information … Read more
YORK COUNTY, PA — Hundreds of students and teachers will rally in support of school choice at an event in York today. School choice is a topic getting a lot of attention not only here in PA but, across the entire country. Administrators here at Lincoln Charter School say supporting school choice is a way of … Read more
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday announced more than $2.4 million has been awarded to local workforce development boards (LWDBs) to help businesses and school districts work together to better prepare students for in-demand careers across Pennsylvania. “These investments will give students the technical training they need to get good-paying jobs when they join … Read more
(Harrisburg) — Faculty at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, registered a non-binding vote of no confidence in John “Ski” Sygielski, the college’s president, last month. But it looks like both the faculty and president will have a prolonged chance to work out their differences as HACC’s trustees have extended Sygielski’s contract through 2023. Continue … Read more
More than 1,000 students were expelled at Pennsylvania schools during the last academic year, according to the state Department of Education. School districts can expel students for the following reasons: academic, conduct, drugs and alcohol, tobacco, violence and weapons. Dozens of central Pennsylvania schools made the 2018-19 list. The top 10 schools in each category … Read more
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2019 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school, and together with the faculty marshals lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional. Student marshals were selected based on their GPAs from among … Read more
More than 430 students on Tuesday night walked across the stage to receive their associate’s degrees, certificates or diplomas during the commencement ceremony for HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, at the Giant Center in Hershey. They were among the more than 970 students who completed their associate degrees, certificates or diplomas during the fall 2019 … Read more
Stanford University has released a 2019 report on Pennsylvania’s charter schools and the results were overwhelmingly negative: 11 out of 15 Pennsylvania cyber schools were featured on a list of low-performing schools. With Pennsylvania’s current charter school laws being some of the most outdated and insufficient in the nation, the Wolf administration is proposing a three-part plan … Read more
Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 207 pounds, Robert Martin III was unfazed at 18 second graders all using their “outside voices” inside the classroom. He patiently listened to the children discuss their next activity, their voices rising in crescendo over the next minute. As they gathered their tools — pens, pencils, binders, and paper — they … Read more