Education
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Eagle Scout’s Sensory Box Project Makes Lasting Impact
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Student Jackson Pase’s Eagle Scout project will be implemented in the Penns Valley Area School District this year, but the impact its ready to make goes far beyond the classroom.
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From State College to D.C.: Nate Tranell Explores the Power of Storytelling
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State High senior Nate Tranell explored his passion for storytelling alongside some of the most promising young journalists in the country as a National Youth Correspondent for the 2025 Washington Journalism and Media Conference.
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Pennsylvania Among States Suing Trump Administration Over Frozen After-School and Summer Funding
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than 20 states, including Pennsylvania, sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA or public schools, attended by 1.4 million children and…
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State High Baseball Coach, Teacher Charged With DUI
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A State College Area High School teacher and varsity baseball head coach was charged on Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol following a crash in late May. David R. Williams, 45, of Pine Grove Mills, had a blood alcohol content of 0.179% when he was tested shortly after crashing his vehicle into a…
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State High Class of 2000 Creates Memorial Fund to Support Mental Health Programs
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For alumni who attended State College Area High School through the late 1990s, it’s easy to look back through rose-colored glasses. Relative peace and prosperity enveloped our youth. Seismic upheavals — the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic — were years away. Plus, cell phones had yet to…
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Barlow Appointed to Interim Position on State College School Board
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The State College Area School Board on Tuesday night picked Jesse Barlow to fill a vacant seat on the board on an interim basis for the next four months. Barlow, a former State College Borough Council member who is running for a full four-year term on the school board in November’s election, was selected from…
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Cyber School Facing Wrongful Death Suit Says It’s ‘Unreasonable’ for Teachers to See Students Weekly
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The wellness check requirement, passed into state law last year, was inspired in part by the death of a 12-year-old Commonwealth Charter Academy student.
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SCASD Delta Students Earn Governor’s Civic Engagement Award for 2nd Year in a Row
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Students from State College Area School District’s Delta Program have been recognized with the Pennsylvania Governor’s Civic Engagement Award for the second consecutive year. The award is presented by the Pennsylvania Departments of State and Education to celebrate the efforts of high school students to engage and educate their peers about getting involved in the…
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Talent Shines at Phyllis Triolo Music Competition
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Talented young performers from across Central Pennsylvania took center stage at the 41st annual Phyllis Triolo Music Competition.
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Shortage of New Teachers Is Hurting Pa. Kids’ Academic Prospects, Report Says
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Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — When D’Arcy McQuoid was hired to teach special education in Philadelphia public schools 32 years ago, it took a year for the district to…