Education
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Election 2025: State College Area School Board
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C-NET conducted interviews with candidates for local offices on the ballot for the Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election. Today we’re featuring the races for State College Area School Board. THE ELECTION Six candidates are running for four full-term seats on the State College Area School Board of Directors. Two are elected incumbents and one, Jesse…
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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 homes, shelters, prisons and more. This event on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 3 Dots Downtown, 137 E. College Ave. in State College is open to…
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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 Institute of Science and Technology, where a unique partnership with the Pennsylvania Builders Association is giving students hands-on experience and statewide recognition. This year, CPI’s…
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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 theme of “Write Your Script in 25-26” will kick off at 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of O’Bryan Lane and Westerly Parkway next to the…
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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 experience in Catholic education to the parochial school. “When I saw the opening for the principal position at St. Joseph’s, I was intrigued because I’ve…
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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 to all undergrads, aims to offer students interested in pursuing careers within education, business, social services, healthcare, communications and linguistics the opportunity to become proficient…
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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.