Education category, Page 63

Penn Hills School District officials plan to welcome students back to school with a hybrid in-person learning model, as well as a continued online learning option for families who might not be comfortable sending children back into the buildings. Administrators are expected to officially present the two options during a...

Woodland Hills School District on Tuesday released a plan for reopening its schools, beginning with virtual instruction. The academic year will begin on Aug. 24, as planned, but there will be no students in the classrooms. Per the document outlining the plan, schools may reopen for in-person classes after “14...

With uncertainty hanging over the campus during the pandemic, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health was kicking around socially distanced ideas of how to welcome students back. That’s when the school hit upon the notion that a screening of a modern opera about the “father of sanitation...

The covid-19 pandemic has upended procedures for colleges and universities throughout the country, and many of Pennsylvania’s private institutions are struggling to find the best path forward, officials said Tuesday. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has hosted Facebook Live conversations with industry leaders semi-regularly during the pandemic. On Tuesday, he met...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Children attending Columbus city schools, Ohio’s largest district, will take classes virtually at least through October, city officials announced Tuesday. The district had considered a blended approach involving online and in-person learning for students through middle school, but worsening public health conditions led to the decision to...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — The nation’s oldest Latino civil rights organization said Friday it strongly supports Ethnic Studies programs in colleges and won’t participate in the “glorification of historical figures” or defend monuments that eulogize violence like those around Spanish conquistadors. The League of United Latin American Citizens said Ethnic...

Baldwin-Whitehall School District officials are planning around the covid-19 pandemic while transitioning former elementary school students to a repurposed middle school. The aging K-5 W.R. Paynter Elementary School closed in June. Those children will be moved to the J.E. Harrison Middle School, also referred to as Harrison Education Center. The...

A new executive director took over the Allegheny Intermediate Unit this week, the organization announced Thursday. Robert Scherrer, who has served as an administrator at several local school districts throughout his career, was appointed to the position in February and started work on Monday. Scherrer will serve as executive director...

When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools across the nation, it wasn’t just students and parents who were tossed headlong into a brand-new challenge. Many teachers, counselors and principals faced the same dilemma. “All of a sudden, we found ourselves having to write game plans and blueprints for something that...

HARRISBURG — The many Pennsylvania school districts that have not settled on how and when they will restart instruction this fall will be making decisions in the coming weeks, and the pandemic plans that have been produced so far are all over the map. That’s by design, the state education...

South Fayette School District officials have changed the proposed start and end of the upcoming school year because of covid-19 concerns. The school board voted 6-1 Tuesday night to adjust the 2020-21 school calendar to move the first day of school from Aug. 19 to Sept. 2 and the last...

West Jefferson Hills School District officials are planning for most students to return to schools next month. That is based on survey results revealed Wednesday night during a virtual forum with Superintendent Michael Ghilani. More than 74% of 3,000-plus survey respondents said they want their children in in-person classes for...

La Roche University has appointed its first executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. Sarah White, the university’s coordinator of accessibility services since July 2014, will fill the new role. “The time is now for the La Roche community as a whole to broaden its communal...

Greater Latrobe is tops in Westmoreland County and among the best school districts across the state, according to the latest rankings in several categories on Niche.com. The Pittsburgh-based site calculates its rankings based on reviews by students and parents and data from the U.S. Department of Education, along with factors...

Officials with the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State and Temple University said they are supportive of mask wearing and other mitigation efforts put into place by state officials to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. All three universities plan to offer in-person classes this fall. “Penn State is finalizing...

West Virginia University will require students to get a covid-19 test and complete an education module on the virus prior to returning to campus next month. Those who fail to meet those requirements could be fined $250, school officials warned Tuesday. Like colleges across the region, WVU has published a...

Deer Lakes School District will offer in-person instruction as well as fully online classes when students return for the 2020-21 school year on Aug. 26, officials said. “Please know that we continue to plan for adaptation and change, not perfection, because of the constantly changing situations surrounding the spread of...

The annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway is set to donate 140,000 backpacks full of school supplies this weekend. Round Room LLC, a Verizon Wireless retailer, announced its TCC and Wireless Zone stores will give away school supplies at over 800 locations nationwide. This year will mark more than 1 million...

Officials at Saint Vincent College on Monday announced Jeff Mallory as the new executive vice president. Mallory completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Saint Vincent and previously served on the staff of the school located in Unity. He has been assistant vice president for diversity, inclusion and student advancement...

In yet another in the long list of college rankings — this one naming the top 10 colleges in Pennsylvania — Pitt, Carnegie Mellon and Indiana University of Pennsylvania all earned places of honor. But the top spot on College Magazine’s Top 10 Colleges in Pennsylvania goes not to Pitt,...

At Freeport Area High School, every AP World History student scored a passing grade on this year’s AP exam amid unusually difficult circumstances. David DiSanti, the AP World History teacher at Freeport Area High School, said the course was historically difficult, even before the covid-19 pandemic forced schools to move...

The Rotary Club of Greensburg this year awarded $11,500 in scholarships to 12 local students. The club has two scholarships that are awarded every year. The Kenneth P. Rutter Scholarship is named for a former minister and Rotary member who died in 2005. It is awarded to students with a...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas on Friday gave public schools permission to keep campuses closed for more than 5 million students well into the fall as the state scrambles to contain one of the largest resurgences of the coronavirus in the country. California also issued strict guidance that makes it unlikely...