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Roundtable discusses ways to fill Pennsylvania's thousands of teachers vacancies
GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- Pennsylvania's teacher shortage is in the spotlight again as teacher turnover is now at an all-time high. Right now, around 8,500 qualified teachers are needed to fill current vacancies statewide. Thursday afternoon, local lawmakers, teachers and aspiring students met in Westmoreland County to discuss how to solve the problem.Those in attendance said it's critical to focus on recruiting and retaining certified teachers, saying without them, there's a ripple effect on students."I think because a lot of us who are teachers know that the money that we're going to get and make being a teacher might not equal...
Jameson shares final reports from Penn antisemitism task force, Commission on Countering Hate
This story is developing and will continue to be updated. Interim Penn President Larry Jameson shared the final reports from the University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community in an email to the Penn community Thursday afternoon. In the email, Jameson thanked...
Jack Lakis | Flipped classrooms aren’t putting the wind in my SAIL
Last semester, I took a class called Introduction to Formal Linguistics (LING 0500) solely for the purpose of fulfilling my Formal Reasoning and Analysis requirement of the College of Arts and Sciences curriculum’s Foundational Approaches. Unbeknownst to me when registering, this course was taught entirely through online videos, rather than in-class lectures. During class time, we would then complete practice exercises in a group setting with our professor available for questions.
Timely hitting, squeeze bunt helped Penn-Trafford claim 1st WPIAL baseball title
When opportunities were presented Tuesday, the Penn-Trafford baseball team capitalized on them in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game at Wild Things Park. That proved to be the determining factor that helped the Warriors capture their first WPIAL title. They executed the little things while Bethel Park did not, as the Warriors rallied for a 4-3 victory.
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