Education category, Page 73

Four members of Riverview Senior High School’s United Nations team received awards for performances during a recent conference at Princeton University. Lauren Hornsby, Francesca Lio, Jack Harden and Julia Ciorra all played roles as delegates from U.N. committees during the conference, held Nov. 14-17. Hornsby, a junior, finished in second...

Penn State ranks close to worst in affordability for low-income students among top public universities, according to a new report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Flagship universities like Penn State’s University Park campus are known around the country for having large research budgets and many resources for both...

Westmoreland County high school students looking for college scholarships might want to sharpen their public speaking and essay skills for the 2020 Pennsylvania American Legion oratorical and essay contests. The contests are open to all county students in grades 9-12, including home school and charter and private school pupils. Applications...

The number of foreign students coming to U.S. colleges and universities continued to fall last year, according to a new report, but the Trump administration says the drop should be blamed on high tuition costs and not students’ concerns over the nation’s political atmosphere. An annual report from the Institute...

Students and parents in a small Alabama town want several teachers to be held accountable after a student at their school leaked a “racist” chat group that targeted children with racial slurs, demeaning jokes and implications that students are dumb. The group chat, named “Bad A B’s,” started at a...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Pennsylvania State University said it will soon release the first national score card on fraternities and sororities, highlighting the good, such as public service hours and the bad, such as hazing and sexual misconduct violations. But many schools will be absent from the list. The university...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday called for state takeover of Pittsburgh Public School District finances, saying the district should be able to balance its annual budget within current revenue levels. The mayor was responding to a question about the district’s proposed 2.3% tax increase that Superintendent Anthony Hamlet has...

Sarah Greenblatt is designing a snowman ornament that she thinks all cold weather fans will love. Ava Sorley’s ornament will showcase Pittsburgh sports, because she loves cheering on the black and gold on the field and in the rink. Sage Mares has opted to create a Valentine’s Day ornament with...

Although most young Americans believe in the value of higher education, many still consider a high school diploma alone to be enough for success, according to a survey of teens and young adults by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The findings alarm some experts who say young...

Hampton high school students may be getting some extra sleep next school year if a recent recommendation from the School Start Time Committee is approved, per a presentation at the Hampton Township School District school board meeting on Nov. 4. Dr. Michael Loughead, superintendent for Hampton, along with other School...

Oakmont Councilwoman Carrie DelRosso has resigned as Riverview School District’s public relations consultant. She submitted her letter of resignation earlier this month. School board members may vote to accept it Nov. 11 . DelRosso was hired by the district in 2016. Her last official day is Dec. 31. She’s offered...

Students in the North Hills School District will no longer get a day off when it’s too snowy to make it to school. The state Department of Education has approved a request by the district to replace snow days with so-called Flexible Instruction Days that allow students to work at...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s teachers union voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials Wednesday but refused to end a strike that has canceled two weeks of classes unless the city’s mayor adds school days to cover that lost time. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday night that she...

Parents of a former Hempfield Area High School student filed a lawsuit this week, claiming their son was assaulted, intimidated and harassed by a teacher and, ultimately, forced to move to another school. According to the Westmoreland County court filing, the family contends John Testa Jr., a technology education teacher,...

Some Shaler Area High School students are eagerly awaiting a new staff member’s arrival. If the school board passes its therapy dogs in schools policy Nov. 20, a labradoodle named Pepper would partner with school social worker LeeAnn Guido with the goals of reducing students’ stress, improving physical and emotional...

Pittsburgh Public Schools should extend the district’s suspension ban for nonviolent offenses to apply to students in third through fifth grades, a group of education advocates said Monday night. “We understand that suspensions don’t work, they don’t change the behavior, and kids are actually missing critical learning time by not...

A Westinghouse High School staff member was hurt Monday while intervening in a fight between two students, according to a Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman. The staffer, who wasn’t identified, was conscious and alert while transported to a hospital from the school, in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, spokeswoman Merecedes Williams said. The...

Riverview School District planned to resume classes Tuesday after determining a threat that led to a districtwide closure Monday was not credible. Superintendent Margaret DiNinno said in a prepared statement that the threat, received Sunday afternoon, was a “non-direct, weapon-related threat to the high school.” DiNinno had said Sunday night...

The Kiski Area School District and the Burrell School District collectively were awarded $83,500 in state Department of Education Safe School Target Grants. The districts are among others throughout the state receiving a total of $7.2 million in competitive 2019-2020 Safe Schools grants. The money, awarded through the education department’s...

Snow days could go the way of the fountain pen and dodge ball if the state OKs a request by the North Hills School District to replace them with Flexible Instruction Days that allow students to do classwork at home. The board of education approved a request earlier this month...

North Allegheny School District on Wednesday night approved a redistricting plan that will send hundreds of students to different buildings next year. The move was spurred by soaring growth and classroom overcrowding, officials said on the district website. About 495 students will be affected. The district this year has just...

Shaler Area Elementary School hosted a Career Day for fifth-grade students with hands-on lessons led by students from Shaler Area High School, as well as several other local high schools, who are dual-enrolled in A.W. Beattie Career Center programs. The students had the opportunity to learn about a variety of...