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Pennsylvania moves to evidence-based reading curriculum

ourse.[/caption] Pennsylvania schools are preparing for a major change in how children are taught to read. For the 2027-28 school year, all schools in the state will be required to use evidence-based reading curriculum, which uses methods such as phonics, a method that teaches students to ...

Important fields facing shortages get no help from government

U.S. Department of Education officials missed the mark badly when they decided, purportedly in a revision that is part of the Big Beautiful Bill, to eliminate nursing, physical therapy, public health and other fields from those graduate study fields in which students are able to borrow loans up ...

Charleroi Elementary named Blue Ribbon School

Charleroi Area Elementary Center was among 13 schools in Pennsylvania that were selected as winners of the new Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Schools program. The new program was launched after the U.S. Department of Education last month ended the prestigious 40-year-old federal Blue Ribbon ...