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Lansdale Catholic Tackle Terrance Smith Learned Football in Montco. Now He’s Bound for LSU.

Terrance Smith learned football on Montgomery County sidelines, writes Alex Coffey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Next year, he takes those lessons to the SEC. The Lansdale Catholic senior is a four-star offensive tackle bound for LSU in 2027. He stands 6-foot-7 and weighs 290 pounds. 247Sports ranks him the fifth-best tackle in his class and No. 39 overall nationally.

Lansdale, PA · 1d

WHYY

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Award-winning Women in Natural Sciences program spins off from Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. A successful Philadelphia science education program for young women is looking for a fresh start and a new home after years of being hosted at the Academy of Natural Sciences.

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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Wissahickon school board appoints Matt Heppe to fill vacant seat after Zeffy Karagiannakis resigns

A recently retired Wissahickon High School social studies teacher will fill a vacant seat after a school board member announced her resignation. Matt Heppe, who taught at Wissahickon High School for 30 years, will replace board member Zeffy Karagiannakis, who is resigning because she is moving outside the school district.

Ambler, PA · 2d

South Jersey Media

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Delran High field hockey team ready for playoffs

With close to 100 fans cheering from the stands on a bright, sunny Tuesday afternoon Oct. 27, the Delran High School field hockey team took the field against Rancocas Valley in a tuneup game for the upcoming South Jersey Group 2 playoffs. After a hard-fought two quarters during which Rancocas Valley turned back many chances […]

Delran, NJ · 1d

BUCKSCO.Today

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Penn State Abington Celebrates Opening of Academic Building with Ribbon Cutting

On Wednesday, October 28, Penn State Abington held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the official opening of its latest Academic Building, the first new building constructed on campus in more than half a century. Construction on the three-story building began in August 2024 by architectural firm KCBA and construction manager...

Abington Township, PA · 1d

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LMHS Welcomes New Staff Members

From the music room to British Literature and Life Skills support, four new educators are bringing fresh experiences, unique interests, and new perspectives to Lower Moreland. Every school year brings something new to the hallways of Lower Moreland: new classes, new experiences, and, of course, new faces. As students settle into their schedules, four new educators are doing the same. This year, the District welcomes Claire Bryan, Kelsey Hendler, Leah Wilson, and Serena Patterson, each bringing a different background and set of experiences to the community. Despite their different paths into education, all four have shared a similar first impression: Lower Moreland’s welcoming atmosphere and close-knit faculty.

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

BUCKSCO.Today

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Bensalem School Board’s Youngest Member Brings Recent Classroom Experience

On Rodger Allen’s first walk through a Bensalem school as a board member, a secretary didn’t recognize him as an official and sent him to the entrance for parents, Ben Bennett reports for the Bucks County Beacon. Allen, 24, is the youngest person ever to serve on the...

Bensalem Township, PA · 2d

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Philadelphia state test scores are months late. Now state officials want to change the cut scores.

Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Pennsylvania state officials have proposed changing how they score students’ performance on state math and reading tests, making it easier for students to be considered “advanced.” The proposal, which Pennsylvania Department of Education officials shared with the state’s Board of Education Thursday, would have implications for how the state measures student achievement and schools’ success, and would apply to tests students took months ago. It comes after months of uncertainty over delayed test results in Philadelphia, where families and teachers have repeatedly asked officials to release the scores they usually get in August. State officials acknowledged the department’s cut score review contributed to the wait. “This delayed reporting. It’s not great timing,” Brian Campbell, director of the Department of Education’s bureau of curriculum, assessment, and instruction, told board members Thursday. But he said the state was overdue in updating score thresholds set more than a decade ago, and this would create “a new baseline.” Students take state tests every spring to evaluate whether they

Philadelphia, PA · 16h

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Football – Rival Parkland spoils Emmaus’ Senior Night with dominant 38-10 win; Hornets still headed to District XI Tournament despite loss with return trip to Nazareth on Friday. RECAP/PHOTOS

Heading into this high school football season, head coach Harold Fairclough was pretty emphatic when he said his team would never go through a season like a year ago when they finished 4-7. Following last Friday night’s disappointing loss at EPSD Stadium to archrival Parkland, it appears the Hornets could...

Emmaus, PA · 2d

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Swarthmore Embraces Community College Transfer Students in Keeping with ‘Swarthmore Forward’ Strategic Plan

This fall, Swarthmore’s cohort of incoming transfer students includes the largest number of former community college attendees in the college’s history. Composing twelve of the 24 transfers for the current academic year, students who transferred from community colleges make up 50% of the new additions to the classes of ’28 and ’29.

Swarthmore, PA · 1d

KYW News Radio

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Drexel halts all student events involving alcohol amid misconduct, hazing investigation

Drexel University is temporarily barring undergraduate student organization events that include alcohol or the induction of new members as the university investigates allegations of misconduct and hazing involving two fraternities.

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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Temple University researchers seeking teens with low motivation for paid study

Researchers at Temple University are conducting a clinical study with teens who lack motivation and/or ambition. In this research study, we want to learn more about trajectories of reward responsiveness, inflammation, and emotion systems in teens. We are looking for Philadelphia teens ages 13-16 who have very low motivation and ambition.

Philadelphia, PA · 2d

NorthEast Times

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With Democrats in Full Control of Harrisburg, Advocates Say the Old Excuse on School Funding Is Gone

Education advocates say Democrats’ new control of Harrisburg removes the old excuse for not finishing Pennsylvania’s school funding fix, and Philadelphia officials are pressing for more state money for schools, Chalkbeat Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday. Democrats won the governor’s office and both chambers of the...

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

South Jersey Media

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Cattle car exhibit makes a stop at Moorestown High

Moorestown High School (MHS) hosted an exhibit on Oct. 9 that provided its students with a profound opportunity to engage with history directly, prompting critical reflections on the dangers of antisemitism, intolerance and prejudice today. “This is about learning the lessons of history so that (students) can apply them to their lives today, apply them […]

Moorestown, NJ · 1d

KYW News Radio

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Educators gather at Rutgers-Camden to explore ways to improve children’s math and reading

Educators from across the tri-state area met at Rutgers-Camden Thursday to discuss ways to improve reading and math performance in students.

Camden, NJ · 19h

Burlington County Times

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CR South's Guinter on win over PW, mood heading into playoffs

Council Rock South senior Chris Guinter discusses defeating previously unbeaten Plymouth Whitemarsh, approach going into district football playoffs.

Plymouth Meeting, PA · 2d

WHYY

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At this Mayfair high school, Philly teens take over Election Day polling place

🖥️ WHYY.org: Follow the latest election developments and track race results. 📱 WHYY App: Read midterm election updates and stream WHYY-FM. Election Day means no school for the Philadelphia School District, but this year, more than 100 students from Lincoln High School in Mayfair showed up at 6 a.m. to work the polls.

Philadelphia, PA · 2d

DELCO.Today

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Providence Hall Opens Its Doors, Giving Widener University Room to Grow

Widener University recently celebrated the opening of Providence Hall – its newest residence hall – with an open house that allowed students to show off their new home away from home. “I enjoy being in this building. I love all of the things that come with it,” senior...

Chester, PA · 4d

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Philadelphia Students School District Leaders

Philadelphia’s Board of Education appears to have entered into damage control mode. There is still not a shred of support for the Facilities Master Plan the board passed in a closed room. in April. Six months later, students, parents, teachers, principals, and community members from schools fated for closure...

Philadelphia, PA · 1d

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She made it to Harvard. But no one saw her ADHD.

💌 Love Philly? So do we. Let’s be friends. Sign up for the Billy Penn newsletter today. Getting into Harvard was supposed to be proof that Oyewumi Oyeniyi had done everything right. Instead, she found herself unable to start assignments and struggling to focus — even in classes she enjoyed.

Philadelphia, PA · 2d