Education

GRCCI supports initiatives that will develop the pool of skilled workers. Education standards that focus on accountability are key as is a focus on math, science, engineering, and secondary education. Business-Education partnership development is essential.

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Sep 3, 2010 $993,039 Teaching American History Grant awarded (The Daily Review (Towanda, Pa.)) They provide a multitude of special education, curriculum, technology and business office consortium services. BLaST IU 17 prides itself in offering high-quality professional development for our teachers, however, it is very difficult for us as a small, rural IU to offer content-specific...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Bethel Park school facility 'topped off' (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Lebanon High School from 2003-06, participating in early planning for that district's high school project. Lebanon, the maximum project cost was set at $113.3 million, and school officials passed a 2.63-mill tax hike for 2010-11. The owner of a house assessed at $100,000 would pay an extra $263...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 News Corrections (Reading Eagle) The event is free. An item in the "To Do List" incorrectly listed the Web address for Ludwig's Corner Horse Show. On Wednesday, the school board will vote on a resolution regarding fi lling a site at 3515 Kent Ave., next to the administration building, to prevent future sinkholes. Both dates...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Pa. residents' buying power still eroding (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) ...jobs deficit and wage deficit have created fertile ground for frustration with government as well as anti-tax sentiment," the report states. "Yet the wage deficit is greater than the amount most Pennsylvania families pay in state and local taxes." Anything less than stellar employment growth...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Gas jobs not yet making a dent in Lackawanna and Luzerne unemployment numbers (The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)) ...adjusted 7.6 percent unemployment rate in Bradford County, a hotbed of Marcellus Shale drilling where unemployment dropped nearly 1 percentage point since last July. Teri Ooms, executive director of the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development, said the industry did not improve...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Bradford, Sullivan counties get 'windfall' from Marcellus Shale landfilling fees (The Daily Review (Towanda, Pa.)) ...windfall," David Terrill, executive director of the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority (NTSWA) said at the Bradford County Commissioners' meeting on Thursday. The Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority's board of directors on June 17 unanimously passed a motion to distribute part of the fees it...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Casey discusses Recovery Act (The Daily Review (Towanda, Pa.)) Eric Hrin Sep. 3, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- FORKSVILLE -- U.S. Sen.    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Business group pledges $4 million in grants to aid 7 urban Catholic schools' endowments (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Francis DeSales, West Philadelphia, $1 million; Mercy Vocational High School, North Philadelphia, $1 million; Drexel Neumann Academy, Chester, $750,000; St. Cyril of Alexandria, East Lansdowne, $250,000; Our Mother of Sorrows/St. Ignatius of Loyola, West Philadelphia; $250,000; and St.    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Asian named as South Philadelphia High's assistant principal (The Philadelphia Inquirer) She graduated from Easton (Pa.) High School. She also said she would appoint an Asian assistant principal. Several leaders of the city's Asian community responded with doubt.    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Worries of early education program cuts loom (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) All that changed with Head Start, when Alexis learned to focus in a preschool class with a teacher and peers that she liked, Ullrich said. The unit, a local arm of the state Department of Education, runs early childhood education programs for more than 4,500 children in 42 suburban districts.    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 New leader named for Penn medical school (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Jameson, dean of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, was named Thursday as the next dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and head of the Penn health system. Jameson will replace Penn's Arthur Rubenstein, on July 1, 2011. Rubenstein, who...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Parish sale final (The Evening Sun) Under the agreement, the sale will be finalized when the parish moves into the soon-to-be-constructed Life and Education Center, which will house the school, church services and more. Francis Xavier a deadline Sept. 1, 2013. During the two years of negotiations, the county had several option...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Pennsylvania group places focus on early childhood education (The Patriot-News) For example, because her organization focuses on child care, Casey said they are encouraging child care providers to stay open later on Election Day so parents can vote after work. Gov.    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Reading hotel is site of Latina symposium (Reading Eagle) ...the Latino community to know and believe that this city is on the rise," said Edna Garcia, symposium coordinator for Berks County. Reading School Board member Isamac Torres-Figueroa is glad for the chance to highlight the positives in Reading. She's also excited that a keynote speaker from...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Bret Schundler denies he misled Christie (The Philadelphia Inquirer) He said that part of the conversation, at the end of the interview, was not videotaped. Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak said, "Once again, Mr. However, video of the presentation revealed that this was not the case. "This indisputable fact was the basis for Mr.    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Mastery Charter Schools' big test in Philadelphia (The Philadelphia Inquirer) A change was needed." Mastery is used to big challenges. But when the School Reform Commission decided May 12 to give Mastery three new schools, the organization faced its most ambitious assignment yet: It had never run an elementary school. Mastery staff conducted 857 in-person interviews and...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Bethel Park Library offering continuing education courses online (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) McIntosh said the service became available last week and she is trying to educate patrons about its availability. She has signed up for a public relations course, because she believes it will help her improve her skills in communicating library information with the public. She said several other...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Moon Area reflects on new studies (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Milanovich and high school senior principal Michael Hauser. Scappe raised the possibility of having different schedules on different days, with shorter periods and extra offerings on some days and longer periods for a deeper focus on other days. Mr. Milanovich noted that last year, 22 Moon Area...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Computers are aging as school funds dwindle (Public Opinion) The department's budget for replacing older desktops, laptops and other components was cut in half to $450,000. Stevens said the district is working to keep maintenance costs low, with one of those methods being "desktop virtualization," which allows one computer to function as three or four....    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Conrad Weiser teachers get pact (Reading Eagle) The school board voted 6-2, with board member Dennis J. Manbeck abstaining. The proposal freezes salaries for the fi rst year, except for education and seniority raises, board President W. David Zwicky said. Zwicky and William R. Sheeler voted against the proposal.    more...