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Another Blair County school district has introduced a budget plan and this one features tax increases and job cuts.On Monday ...
A move to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for public school students is facing a grou...
Pennsylvania’s Health Department has confirmed seven cases of pertussis at three Blair County Schools. A department spo...
Governor Tom Corbett says he'll name a central Pennsylvania public school superintendent as his new education secretary, ...
Pennsylvania’s Common Core Standards will help ensure that students are better prepared for success in postsecondary ed...
A former Altoona Area School District assistant girls soccer coach has been arraigned on sex abuse charges.Kyla Hollingshead ...
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier became the highest paid public college president of 2011-12 when he was forced out...
A university in eastern Pennsylvania has dropped its blanket prohibition on guns and will now allow people with concealed wea...
The City of Altoona is partnering with the Altoona Area High School and Central Blair Recreation for a major clean-up event.P...
There will be an increased police presence at Central Cambria High School today in response to a threat found last week writt...
Penn State's main campus is planning an $8.5-million overhaul of its wireless network.The Centre Daily Times reports ...
A malfunctioning air handler forced the evacuation of the Altoona Area High School A-Building late Tuesday morning.District s...
Fewer and fewer Pennsylvania school districts are seeking approval to raise property taxes beyond a state-imposed inflation i...
The Department of Public Welfare is offering $200,000 in mini-grants to child care centers to work toward achieving highe...
Penn State says the number of applications for undergraduate enrollment is down about 9-percent this year. There were nearly ...
The investigation into a threat made at Central Cambria High School this week continues.The message, “school shooting &...
A threatening message was found Tuesday on a wall in the boy's bathroom at Central Cambria High School.School officials a...
The Altoona Area School District is parting ways with the Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation.School board membe...
Students attending Altoona elementary schools on boundary letters will get to stay in place.School board members voted Monday...
Altoona Area School District students living in Lakemont will have a new elementary school next year.School board members vot...
A proposal to fully include Penn State and the other three "state-related" universities under the Pennsylvania Righ...
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is reminding students and families that the application filing deadline f...
A state lawmaker wants every school in the commonwealth required to stock pre-filled injections designed to treat severe alle...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown says it is investigating claims that a Franciscan friar who committed suicide...
A Pennsylvania judge is allowing a whistleblower and defamation lawsuit against Penn State to go forward.The suit was filed i...
Students and teachers at the Altoona Area High School have raised $10-thousand for the Saint Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen....
Students in the Altoona Area School District’s class of 2014 will not be required to pass the Biology part of the Keyst...
A group of Penn State Altoona students accused of participating in an alcohol driven riot at an off-campus apartment complex ...
A witness who worked at a Philadelphia abortion clinic at age 15 says she saw at least one baby's chest move after the pr...
A bill to create a commission to help develop a new formula to distribute special education money to school districts in Penn...
The Blair County District Attorney’s Office is trying to educate area teenagers about the dangers of being a distracted...
The Blair County District Attorney’s Office is trying to educate area teenagers about the dangers of being a distracted...
More than a dozen Penn State Altoona students were arrested after a Saturday afternoon party turned into what police are call...
As schools across Pennsylvania begin administering annual standardized tests this week, there is growing debate about the opp...
The Department of Community and Economic Development has announced changes to the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) p...
Altoona Area School District superintendent is speaking out for the first time since being placed on paid administrative leav...
An Altoona School District employee has been honored for extinguishing a February 19th blaze inside a women’s bathroom ...
Altoona Area school board members say no final decisions have been made concerning the future use of boundary letters issued ...
The snowed out and then rescheduled March 18 Altoona Area School District School Board meeting will take place this evening.T...
The cost and quality of charter schools is dominating the public education debate in Pennsylvania.At least a dozen major bill...
We have an update on the story concerning the investigation into possible improper pay raises at the Altoona Area School Dist...
The board that oversees Pennsylvania's state-owned universities has given the green light to new contracts for thousands ...
Pennsylvania's new auditor general says improper payments to charter schools may have cost state taxpayers millions of do...
Charges have been filed against a Bedford County woman for stealing from the Chestnut Ridge Elementary School’s Parent ...
Altoona Area School District officials last night laid out their potential plans to shutter two elementary schools at the end...
The Altoona Area School District will hold a public hearing tonight to address the future of two of its elementary schools.Di...
A bus load of Penn State students heading back to State College after spring break have a scary tale to tell.The bus caught f...
Penn State has hired a corporate compliance officer to become the university's first director of ethics and compliance.Th...
Two more civil lawsuits have been filed in Blair County Court in the sex abuse case allegedly involving now deceased Stephen ...
For the second time in less than a week wintry weather has caused District 6 to postpone all of its basketball playoff games....
A local attorney has filed notice of pending civil lawsuits in Blair County court related to alleged sexual abuse by the late...
About 50 more people have come forward to say they were sexually abused at Catholic schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio by a Fra...
Another local school district will have a new person in its superintendent position when classes begin after summer vacation....
Penn State has selected executive search firm Isaacson, Miller to help the school find a replacement for university president...
Tom Otto has been hired to lead the Altoona Area School District beginning this summer.Board members unanimously voted to app...
A small fire Tuesday forced the evacuation of the Altoona Area Junior High School.The incident happened around 10:50AM in a g...
Students from Penn State Altoona raised more than $100,000 for this year’s THON Dance Marathon.It was the highest a...
Logan Township Supervisors have introduced an ordinance to ban parking along Hillside Avenue near Ebner Elementary School.Sup...
The Altoona Area School District plans to shutter both Washington-Jefferson and Wright Elementary Schools at the end of the s...
Governor Tom Corbett,members of the General Assembly, along with education and business leaders, met this week to discuss rei...
A former Altoona Area School District teacher and principal is in lone to become the district’s next leader. School boa...
High school students from across the state will compete for a chance to represent their region at Pennsylvania’s State ...
A bill to require exploitation-awareness programs in Pennsylvania public schools has been approved by the state House of Repr...
An accident earlier this week involving an Altoona Area School District bus remains under investigation.None of the elementar...
The situation concerning the possible improper pay raises at the Altoona Area School District continues to make news.District...
Negotiators for Pennsylvania's state-owned university system and the union representing about 5,500 faculty members say t...
Governor Tom Corbett has announced that the proposed 2013-14 budget will maintain funding levels for state and state-related ...
Governor Tom Corbett, joined by Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, Wednesday announced his plan to privatize the liquor system in...
The Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, the Third Order Regular Franciscans, and Bishop McCort Catholic High School should all be prep...
The list of candidates for Altoona Area School District Superintendent has been whittled down to three.A second round of inte...
The Franciscan Friar who took his own life over the weekend left a suicide note apologizing for his actions.Brother Stephen B...
The civil case accusing a Franciscan friar of sexually abusing students at Cambria County high school will continue despite t...
Dozens of Penn State Altoona Campus students took part in a really cool fundraiser over the weekend.And by really cool, what ...
Following news earlier this week that certain pay raises handed out to Altoona Area School District administrative staff were...
Altoona Area School District Board President Ryan Beers has some serious questions concerning administrative pay raises. Beer...
Penn State Altoona will offer a Walk-in Flu Clinic for students today from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Health Wellness Center in ...
Starting today, Penn State Altoona will present five days of events in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr..The theme for t...
PennDOT is now accepting applications for summer employment for students and government services interns.Rep. Mike Fleck of H...
As the school year reaches the mid-point, motorists are reminded to not be complacent when they see a school bus with flashin...
Leadership changes are coming for two local school districts as new superintendents will take over this year.On Tuesday the T...
Pennsylvania higher education officials are heading back to the negotiating table with the union representing state universit...
The investigation into an Altoona teenager’s death this week continues.Police say that on Wednesday afternoon they were...
In light of last week’s tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut there will be some changes made in the way student safety is ha...
Penn State trustees have approved a 16% raise for President Rodney Erickson to $600,000 after a review of his performance...
A police search caused a local school into lock-down mode on Monday.Authorities say they were pursuing Zachary Moore when he ...
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) is reminding high school students and their families about the av...
Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities and the union representing their athletic coaches have reached tentative contr...
Some Pennsylvania groups say cyber charter schools in the state aren't making the grade, and they're urging state edu...
On Thursday, a celebration was held for students, staff, parents, and community members at Juniata Elementary.The school was ...
Penn State University will make its first payment this month on the $60 million fine issued by the National Collegiate At...
The League of American Bicyclists has named Penn State University to its Bronze List as a Bicycle Friendly University.That me...
The Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal costs are adding up for Penn State.A $60 million fine from the NCAA, $21 million...
The Altoona Area School District Board of directors is looking for feedback as it considers who will be the district’s ...
Pennsylvania's 2013 teacher of the year is about to be revealed.State Education Secretary Ron Tomalis is scheduled to mak...
Altoona Area High School Counseling Department will host a free Financial Aid Night Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in the school’...
The Tyrone Area School District is being awarded $10,000 through a grant from the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Educ...
The union representing faculty at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities says it won't consider striking until ne...
A committee is preparing to study elementary schools in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.Fourteen committee members were rece...
Federal education officials have rejected the state’s request to measure charter school achievement using more lenient ...
Juniata College in Huntingdon has a new president.The College's Board of Trustees has named James Troha as their 12th pre...
Penn State University's two law school campuses in State College and Carlisle are pursuing plans to operate as separately...
The Altoona Area School District is mourning the tragic death of Daryl Etchison Jr. who attended the Learning Express at Curt...
A panel including top Pennsylvania college officials is recommending setting up performance targets higher education institut...
The Hollidaysburg Area school board on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale the former school building Allegheny No. 1.Pen...
It looks as though a Hollidaysburg elementary school slated to be closed down at the end of the current school year will turn...
A union representing thousands of faculty members and coaches at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has scheduled...
Pennsylvania students perform better on state reading and writing tests when their schools have full time librarians and libr...
At this week'sHollidaysburg Area School Board Directors meeting the school received a grant from the Dominion Educational...
Area schools are marking National Red Ribbon Week.On Thursday, Altoona Area Senior High School students formed a human red ri...
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s higher education system.The credit rating agency says a rec...
Pennsylvania public schools are less than nine months away from a mandate to implement common core standards but a poll of 60...
Recently some Altoona Area High School students and faculty representing several school programs participated in a Leadership...
The union representing thousands of employees at state-owned universities is a step closer to going on strike.Delegates from ...
Pennsylvania students are reminded that Friday is the deadline to apply for the U.S. Senate Youth Program.Two students from e...
Major reforms to the state’s 15-year-old charter school law are on course to reach Gov. Tom Corbett’s desk by the...
The ratings agency Standard and Poors is revising Penn State University’s outlook to negative from stable and affirming...
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School is celebrating their 90th anniversary.Principal Joan Donely talks about the event and t...
State College has been ranked as one of the best college destinations.According to the American Institute for Economic Resear...
A former Penn State football assistant coach has filed a lawsuit against the university.Mike McQueary filed a whistle blower ...
As state education officials investigate whether cheating took place on the PSSA tests in some districts in the past three ye...
Penn State Officials are offering a vaccination clinic on Monday.The clinic is being held in response to two confirmed cases ...
The top executive of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association is leaving later this year to become executive director of a ...
As a result of the statewide investigation of adults making changes to students’ answer sheets on the Pennsylvania Syst...
Altoona Area Junior High School students will kick off the 2012-2013 ROAR Program during grade level assemblies today.During ...
Two retirements and a resignation were announced last night at the Hollidaysburg Area School District board of directors meet...
A student town hall forum was held Wednesday for Penn State University students.More than half of the questions asked dealt w...
The search for a new superintendent to head up the Altoona Area School District has taken the next step in the process.At Mon...
A two vehicle accident interrupted a commute to school for some Altoona students Tuesday morning.Police say no injuries were ...
At last night’s Altoona Area School Board meeting a decision was made to issue $50 million in new general obligatio...
It’s back to the negotiation table for both sides in contract talks involving teachers in the Spring Cove School Distri...
The Hollidaysburg Area school board is planning to file a civil lawsuit against the Central Tax Bureau of Pennsylvania Inc.Ce...
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is looking at the possibility of an Altoona Campus.School officials say a local camp...
The company that Altoona has been using to collect mercantile, property and business privilege taxes and is now closing up sh...
Local residents are reminded that the Pennsylvania 529 College Savings Program is available to help families cover the costs ...
For about an hour and a half Monday things were a little tense in State College.A package left at Beaver Stadium led Universi...
A local school has been recognized as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School.Juniata Elementary was one of five Pennsylvania elem...
The Altoona Area School District will honor our region’s First Responders at tonight’s home football game against...
The Altoona Area School District will honor our region’s First Responders at tonight’s home football game against...
The rollout of the exams this year is the first step in a sweeping overhaul of the state's testing system, which aims to ...
It’s a return to classes to today for Altoona Area students.While other local districts got off to an earlier start on ...
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School has made a decision on a new president for the school.Thomas Kristofco takes over Octob...
Yesterday’s "active shooter" drill at Altoona Area High School had an unexpected twist to it when a power sur...
Among the legal questions still swirling around Penn State, one has drawn little attention but continues to pose a threat to ...
An Emergency Preparedness Drill will take place starting at 9:00 this morning at the Altoona Area High School.Jack Reilly, Di...
Pennsylvania's university system is expected a second consecutive year of declining enrollment after more than a dozen ye...
Pennsylvanians concerned with the rising cost of higher education have a few days left to get the most out of their college s...
Average scores on the ACT college exam improved slightly for Pennsylvania's high school class of 2012 – but the sta...
Penn State is no longer in the top 10 when it comes to the top partying schools.The Princeton Review’s annual party sch...
The end of the upcoming school year will bring a big change to the Altoona Area School District.On Monday night school board ...
The Altoona Area School District’s District-wide PTO is hosting a Back-to-School Kickoff event this weekend.District Co...
Higher education experts say an accreditation warning issued to Penn State is serious and appropriate given the issues raised...
A momentous anniversary will be celebrated today during a ceremony at Penn State's Ag Progress Days.University and govern...
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating four recent incidents involving the discovery of foreign objects in half-ga...
Some Hollidaysburg School District board members say they want to know if their food service program is still in the black.Th...
The union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has suspended negotiations with the ...
Wright Elementary School has made the state Education Department’s list of Pennsylvania's lowest-achieving schools....
The state Education Department has published a list of Pennsylvania's lowest-achieving schools – and an Altoona ele...
Governor Tom Corbett says the penalties imposed on the Penn State football program "go well beyond" those with resp...
Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday it may cut its rating on Penn State's credit as the university deals with the ...
New Penn State coach Bill O’Brien says he’s committed to the school despite the harsh sanctions imposed Monday by...
Hollidaysburg Area School District board members accepted assistant superintendent Dr. Gary Robinson’s retirement reque...
The head of the Penn State board of trustees is vowing to put into effect changes recommended in a report on the child sex ab...
Penn State President Rodney Erickson is vowing cooperation with further investigations in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scanda...
For more than two decades, colleges have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, ...
Penn State Altoona’s Center for Community-Based Studies, in collaboration with Saint Francis University, will host the ...
Governor Tom Corbett recently signed into law House Bill 1307, legislation designed to help financially distressed school dis...
Special investigator Louis Freeh says he believes Penn State has undertaken significant changes to focus on campus safety in ...
Students and their families will pay about 3-percent more for tuition and technology fees at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owne...
Former Penn State president Graham Spanier is asking a Centre County judge to throw out the university’s objection to r...
In State College, University Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred in a residence hall in South Halls on th...
Pennsylvania parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing a 68-year-old school bus monitor may won...
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives is signaling support for a plan to widen the scope of evaluations for teachers an...
Lawmakers and staff in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled state Legislature are scrambling to finish writing a host of ...
The state lawmaker who's sponsoring a proposed voucher-like tax credit aimed at helping students flee from Pennsylvania&#...
A building on South Atherton Street in State College owned by the charity that Jerry Sandusky founded is up for sale.Last mon...
More money for private school scholarships and education nonprofits in Pennsylvania will be part of a nearly $27.7-billio...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District has passed a new budget – without a tax increase.School board members voted 6-3 ...
Longtime Hollidaysburg Area School District athletic director Dean Rossi will retire at the end of the year.School board memb...
State Auditor General Jack Wagner stepped up his criticism of the way Pennsylvania finances charter and cyber-charter schools...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
On Monday night the Spring Cove school board okayed a budget that includes a 2.49-mil property tax increase.The nearly $2...
Hollidaysburg Area School District administrators have begun the process of creating their own cyber charter school.Superinte...
A local university is the recipient of a major donation.Saint Francis University in Loretto has received $1-million from ...
As Pennsylvania's public schools prepare to lay off thousands of employees for a second straight year, teachers and publi...
Drivers in the Altoona area are reminded that the Juniata 8th Street Bridge will be closed starting today.The good news is th...
Assault charges are pending against a retired local businessman who is accused of attacking a Hollidaysburg School Board memb...
More than 500 Altoona Area High School seniors are set to turn their tassels tonight.The district will hold its 136th Commenc...
Penn State Altoona’s Railroad Transit Engineering program has received a financial boost from a Hollidaysburg engineeri...
Governor Tom Corbett and his fellow Republicans who lead the state Legislature are working to develop a package of public sch...
A jury has been selected for the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse trial.The seven women and five men who will hear opening s...
Altoona Area School District officials will spend nearly $25,000 to fix drainage issues at the district’s high scho...
A $27.7-billion budget plan written by Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania state House and Senate would send more mone...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers made their way back to Harrisburg for several more weeks of work to wrap up a new state budget a...
Less than a week before Jerry Sandusky heads to trial on child sex-abuse charges, Penn State's president says the school ...
A state panel formulating a new framework for higher education in Pennsylvania will hear from more than a dozen stakeholders ...
A Blair County School District is getting a budget concession from its teachers.The Williamsburg Community school district&rs...
Bigger class sizes and fewer class offerings are likely byproducts of massive funding cuts to public schools in the Keystone ...
Eight Pennsylvania colleges are getting grants as part of a $50 million national science initiative.The Howard Hughes Med...
The Altoona Area School District is getting $1.5-million from the federal government to strengthen its literacy program.P...
Two education advocacy groups say a new survey shows that half of Pennsylvania's school districts expect their finances t...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
Saying the future of public schools in Pennsylvania is at stake, thousands of protesters are expected in Philadelphia, Pittsb...
Students in one Altoona elementary school will come together today to help a 9th grader in need of a heart transplant.Pleasan...
There will be a new principle in place at Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School when the 2012-13 school year gets underway.Jo...
Get stuck or get out. That's what Pennsylvania school districts told students and their parents this year as they approac...
Allegheny One Elementary School will close at the end of the current school year.Hollidaysburg School Board members voted 8-0...
Governor Tom Corbett says school districts should be dipping into their reserves to avoid cutting programs next year, althoug...
The Hollidaysburg Area School Board will vote tonight on whether or not to close down Allegheny One Elementary School.Distric...
Students and teachers in the Altoona Area School District came together Tuesday to raise money for a 15-year-old student suff...
Last night the Spring Cove School Board voted unanimously to hire Robert Vadella to take over as the district’s superin...
The Spring Cove school board is expected to announce their choice for district superintendent at their meeting tonight.They a...
The State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously voted to consider amending several regulations regarding high school gra...
A new government report indicates that only about a third of Pennsylvania's eighth-graders are proficient in science.Resu...
Pennsylvania's universities, public schools, hospitals, nursing homes and people who depend on county-run social services...
Pennsylvania college students are urging federal lawmakers to strike a deal that will avert higher interest rates on student ...
Altoona Area School District administrators have banned ‘risque’ dancing from this year’s prom.The issue su...
Republicans who control the Pennsylvania Senate say improved tax collections will make more money available for education, so...
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has graduated from Miami University in southwest Ohio, about nine years af...
An academic year that no Penn State senior was prepared for comes to a close this week when the university holds graduation c...
The Hollidaysburg Area School Board will vote in two weeks on whether or not to shutter Allegheny One Elementary School.Super...
A Pennsylvania school district is asking the judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse case to throw out a def...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is extending the grace period by two weeks for students to comply with new school immun...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District has hired a new business manager.Thomas Kalinyak will replace Sam Wilson, who will ret...
A suspicious envelope was discovered at 8:30 a.m. in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The building has been e...
Hollidaysburg Area School Board members will vote next month on whether or not to privatize bussing services provided to some...
Penn State University has hired two public relations firms to help it deal with the continuing fallout from the Jerry Sandusk...
A grassroots group of about a dozen Penn State students are collecting cards and emails to be distributed to the alleged vict...
Altoona Area School District officials are throwing their support behind House Bill 855 – which would allow districts t...
Students in an area School District were sent home Thursday because of a bomb threat.State Police say the messages were left ...
Penn State Altoona officials are warning residents about a scam that’s resurfaced again in the region.Officials say a g...
Governor Tom Corbett says Pennsylvanians upset over rising school taxes should demand explanations from their local school bo...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding parents and caregivers to take advantage of this month’s free statew...
Altoona Area School district officials say that no matter what course of action they take, nothing will do much to solve the ...
Pennsylvania students who don't comply with an upcoming immunization deadline will likely find themselves unable to atten...
Altoona School District officials say they hope to adopt their preliminary 2012-13 in May.Superintendent Dr. Dennis Murray te...
More details have come out in the case of the man who was discovered sneaking around inside an Altoona school building this w...
An Altoona school was on lockdown Wednesday after a city man entered the facility as a fake delivery person.City police were ...
Some middle and high school students spent their day Wednesday urging smokers to give up their habit.The effort was part of t...
Altoona Area School District school board has passed a resolution calling for prevailing wage reform.Board members voted Mond...
The Altoona Area School Board voted 9-0 Monday night to spend $321,000 for new bleachers in the high school field house.S...
A new report says Pennsylvania hasn't made much progress in raising high school graduation rates between 2002 and 2009.Re...
It may not been known for weeks what happened to cause Wednesday’s deadly crash in Somerset County that claimed the lif...
Penn State officials insist the university is not looking to become a private institution.But some education experts say cont...
Ten local high school students and six adults will travel to Saint Polten, Austria this summer as part of the Sister Cities P...
Penn State's trustees are considering structural changes to improve transparency including the addition of an outreach co...
Governor Tom Corbett is citing the value of trade schools and online instruction as he asks a special panel to help chart the...
Students in Blair County School districts have been preparing for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams.Now, it&...
The Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic and Hollidaysburg girls high school basketball teams continue their journey through this year&r...
The PIAA has announced the high school basketball play-in and first-round schedules.The Altoona Lady Lions will play Oakland ...
Governor Tom Corbett toured the Norfolk Southern Juniata Locomotive Repair Shops Wednesday where he met with employees.The Go...
The Blair County district attorney will decide if a local bus driver will face charges after a 7-year-old girl was left alone...
The Department of Education has launched a new website that explains the increases in state taxpayer funding that school dist...
Members of Penn State's Board of Trustees have started meeting with student and other university groups as part of what b...
Penn State University avoided what could have been another public relations nightmare as students showed some restraint durin...
Officials from the four the state-related universities, the University of Pittsburgh, Lincoln, Temple and Penn State will hav...
More children in Pennsylvania are calling high poverty areas home, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundati...
Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary has put his State College home up for sale.A Kissinger, Bigatel and ...
State Police say someone stole more than a hundred gallons of diesel fuel from a northern Bedford County elementary school.Th...
Governor Tom Corbett paid a visit to Cambria County on Thursday.Corbett met with company employees and discussed his proposed...
Residents in the Hollidaysburg Area School District got a first-hand look Wednesday night at the consolidation plan administr...
Hollidaysburg Area School District officials say their basic education subsidy for next year remains flat, while funding for ...
PennDOT and local police departments are teaming up to encourage high school students to buckle up under Pennsylvania’s...
The Altoona Area School District will grant an honorary high school diploma to a Vietnam Veteran.Board members approved the d...
Pennsylvania's working class carries the burden of Governor Corbett's latest budget proposal, according to union lead...
Some Altoona Area High School students got a first-hand history lesson Thursday from a former Marine One helicopter pilot who...
Hollidaysburg Area School District officials will meet with the community next Wednesday to discuss the future of Allegheny O...
Pennsylvania's public colleges and universities are again facing the possibility of steep cutbacks in their budgets next ...
Penn State officials say it cost about $29,000 to hold the viewings and services on campus for the late football coach Jo...
Penn State’s athletic department says it will cover the tab for former head football coach Joe Paterno’s public m...
John Franco has been named the new head football coach at Altoona Area High School, but the decision to hire him wasn’t...
A local Philanthropist will be laid to rest today.A funeral Mass for Anthony Misciagna will be held at 10:30 this morning at ...
John Franco is coming home to Altoona.Several sources tell WRTA News that Franco will be named the new Altoona Area School Di...
A new report says Pennsylvania has made moderate progress compared with other states in preparing, retaining and rewarding ef...
Fire crews are leaving the sceneof a fire at Calvary Cemetery along Pleasant Valley Boulevard across from Bishop guilfoyle Hi...
Altoona Area School District superintendent Dr. Dennis Murray says putting together the district’s 2012-13 budget will ...
Hollidaysburg Area School District Superintendent Dr. Paul Gallagher will continue to lead the district for another three yea...
Penn State University plans to post online the compensation for a Washington attorney serving as a legal adviser to the unive...
A local business consultant wants to team up with a Charlotte-based firm to make the Altoona Area School District more effici...
After today, a Pennsylvania school district officially runs out of money, and the state's largest public employees union has ...
Penn State President Rodney Erickson will be paid $515,000 annually through June 2014 – and then step down from the...
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and his wife donated $100,000 last month to Penn State -- money that was spl...
Penn State says three town hall meetings this week with alumni that feature university president Rodney Erickson are at full ...
State Rep. Rick Geist has announced that he is currently seeking a worthy student from the 79th Legislative District to parti...
Altoona School District officials interviewed Tyrone Football Coach John Franco for their head football coach position on Wed...
Bedford County has a new assistant district attorney.Attorney Lesley Childers-Potts was appointed Tuesday to fill the role. C...
Student athletes from Altoona and Hollidaysburg may soon be playing athletes from schools in the City of Pittsburgh. Four cit...
The state House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a scaled-down plan to use public money to help low-income...
Penn State’s top official says the school likely won’t provide the NCAA all the answers it wants by a December 16...
The U.S. Department of Education will launch a campus security program review today into Penn State's compliance with the Cle...
Penn State Taps Ex-FBI Director for Investigation (AP)Former FBI director Louis Freeh has been tapped to lead Penn State's in...
An Altoona Area High School baseball player will take his talents to the division 1 collegiate level. Christian Helsel on Wed...
Today members of Faith Baptist Church of Altoona will distribute a bookmark of the Ten Commandments to Altoona Area School Di...
Following a second day of private meetings of Penn State trustees, Gov. Tom Corbett Thursday evening commented on the sex sca...
A Pennsylvania lawmaker and former federal prosecutor is asking for an investigation into whether Penn State officials broke ...
Altoona Area School District police are investigating a scuffle between two female high school students.School officials tell...
Following a record-breaking third quarter Norfolk Southern Corporation is planning to increase its workforce by 500 employees...
The Altoona Area Jr. High and Sr. High School will be hosting the 75th Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils State Con...
91 men and women have joined the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Police following their graduation from the State Police Acad...
Some student leaders from Penn State Altoona have taken their plea for more housing options to the Logan Township Board of Su...
State senators have begun debate on a major bill to create more opportunities for Pennsylvania public school children to atte...
The state Senate could vote as early as today on a bill that is designed to meet Governor Tom Corbett's desire to overhaul Pe...
Penn State president Graham Spanier says early indications from Harrisburg make him optimistic the school won't see a repeat ...
The Blair County Tea Party will host a candidate forum for candidates seeking Spring Cove School District School Director pos...
An Altoona woman who says her special needs daughter was choked by two Altoona Area School district staffers took her message...
The Blair County Tea Party will host a candidate forum tomorrow evening for candidates seeking Altoona Area School Director p...
Gov. Corbett may be proposing $860 million in cuts to education in Pennsylvania, but a new poll says it's not a popular m...
Governor Tom Corbett wants to provide vouchers for low-income students in poor-performing school districts and expand tax cre...
Governor Tom Corbett will lay out his vision today for how to fix public education's ailmentsCorbett hasn't said yet exactly ...
The Local Education and Resource Network of Blair County, LEARN, is hosting an informational and activity fair to celebrate P...
Governor Tom Corbett says he plans to make an announcement on education policy in the next couple of weeks, but isn't sure if...
Representatives from 80 trade schools and colleges will take part in the Post High School Opportunity Fair being held today a...
Northern Bedford School District officials say they are reviewing their field trip policies after a 4-year-old pre-kindergart...
Blair County’s seven school districts overall have met the PSSA standards for Adequate Yearly Progress.That’s acc...
Prattville Christian Academy officials have been asked to quit using the school's logo because it looks like one used by Penn...
The Altoona Area School District has hired a Pittsburgh law firm to guide it through an ongoing federal grand jury investigat...
Altoona Area School District officials say they are working diligently to address numerous student bussing needs and concerns...
Penn State president Graham Spanier says a continued erosion of state funding could lead to dramatic increases in tuition for...
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Penn State faculty and staff are in line for salary increases, which are being factored into next year’s budget. Execut...
It’s back to class today for students of the Bellwood Antis, Tyrone Area, Hollidaysburg Area and Williamsburg school di...
Penn State Altoona will see modest growth over the next decade. That’s the word from Chanellor Dr. Lori Bechtel-Wherry ...
Its back to school on Monday for many students across Blair County and PennDOT wants to remind motorists to be on the lookout...
Parents of Altoona Area School District secondary students will be able to meet their student’s teachers next week.Dist...
New student orientation for students going into Grade 7 is set to get underway tomorrow at the Altoona Area Junior High Schoo...
Many publicly funded colleges and universities in Pennsylvania enacted above-average tuition increases for the 2011-2012 scho...
It was move in day Thursday at Penn State Altoona. Hundreds of cars packed Gwin Road as students waited in line to move into ...
Altoona Area School District officials are gearing up for the beginning of another busy school year.Students are scheduled to...
Penn State Altoona’s first Business Case Competition is scheduled for November.The event will be held at the new Sheetz...
The Department of Health says since August is National Immunization Awareness Month, it’s a good time for Pennsylvania ...
Bad news for the local workers. Blair County’s June unemployment numbers were up.State Department of Labor and Industry...
A judge has stopped enforcement of a northeastern Pennsylvania school district's policy to require students to submit to rand...
More than a half-million private landowners control about 70 percent of Pennsylvania’s forests, and many of them are wo...
A former Penn State Altoona student is on of two students who are joining the Pennsylvania Board of Education as advisory mem...
An area man was injured over the weekend while serving his country in Afghanistan.21 year old Marine Cpl. Jason Johnson, a 20...
The passing of a long time Altoona Area School District band director is being mourned by former students and school official...
Fourteen Austrian students are set to visit Altoona this fall.Sister Cities chairman Dave Duncan told city council Wednesday ...
The body of a missing Michigan State graduate student has been recovered at Lake Raystown. State police Corporal Tim Cummings...
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is making more money available to college students this fall.A spokespers...
Governor Tom Corbett signed Pennsylvania’s new state budget into law Thursday night just 15 minutes before midnight.The...
A bill to curtail the voting powers of Pennsylvania school board members in election years is meeting resistance from an infl...
Tuition rates remain in flux at Pennsylvania's 18 state-supported universities as lawmakers advance a plan to reduce aid to t...
Pennsylvania's education secretary says he's dismayed so few school districts are taking up Governor Tom Corbett's challenge ...
Proposed legislation would allow undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at Pennsylvania colleges if they mee...
Real school choice legislation that would help put Pennsylvania students on equal footing has been introduced in the state Ho...
A new survey ranks Pennsylvania among the worst states for creating barriers to young voter participation. The report release...
Schools across Pennsylvania are facing a very different landscape today than they have in years past, and the state's largest...
The Department of Healthis urging parents and caregivers to use the summer break to make sure all students’ immunizatio...
Pomp and Circumstance will ring out loud in Altoona tonight.The Altoona Area High School will graduate 530 seniors at their c...
Retired military leaders are asking Pennsylvania lawmakers to reject proposed cuts in state aid for early childhood education...
An Altoona Area High School sophomore has been named a national Scholastic All-Star in the Read 180 Program.Brandon Morgan of...
More teachers in Blair County have agreed to a wage freeze.The move Monday by the Bellwood-Antis Education Association is the...
It will soon cost student drivers more money for behind-the-wheel training in the Altoona Area School District.The Driver&rsq...
Altoona School Board members approved $280-thousand in capital improvements for the high school at last night’s mee...
Some Altoona Area Junior High School Community Arts Club students held an empty bowls event Thursday afternoon to raise aware...
Employees in the Hollidaysburg Area School District represented by the AFSCME Council 83 union have agreed to take a pay free...
A one year freeze on wages has been okayed by the Altoona Area School District's teachers union.Published reports say the he ...
Award-winning journalist and CNN's lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer received an honorary doctorate of humane letters and de...
In Pennsylvania and across the country, this is has been National School Nurses week. With advances in medicine and increased...
Student athletes in the Altoona Area School District will soon be riding further distances on school buses when they attend s...
An agreement reached between the Claysburg-Kimmel school board and the Claysburg-Kimmel Education Association will help that ...
A bill that would make it easier for Pennsylvania's public school districts to lay off teachers has the state Senate's approv...
Pennsylvania's state House Republican majority is unveiling more details of a counterproposal to Governor Tom Corbett's budge...
State officials have allocated the $612-million in gambling proceeds that will be used to lower property taxes for Pennsy...
The Altoona Area School District has been named an overachieving school district by the Pittsburgh Business Times.The publica...
The Hollidaysburg Area Education Association and at least one district official apparently launched an effort to encourage WR...
Hollidaysburg Area School District officials will hold a public hearing this fall to get input on the future of Allegheny One...
Teachers in the Hollidaysburg Area School District are taking a pay freeze for the 2011-12 school year in exchange for the pr...
Students and faculty in the Altoona Area School District made a $14-thousand donation to Operation Our Town on Wednesday.Dist...
Altoona Area School District officials have given a thumbs down to the new Intermediate Unit 08 2011-12 budget.The vote passe...
Some Blair County school students have been recognized for their efforts to promote recycling.County leaders honored the top ...
Altoona School Board Members are still working towards finalizing their 2011-12 budget.Officials got an updated look at the d...
Altoona School Board Members are still working towards finalizing their 2011-12 budget.Officials got an updated look at the d...
Student athletes in the Altoona Area School District will soon have to pay to play.School board directors voted 8-1 Monday ni...
Altoona school board members approved more than $1.8-million in construction and service contracts at their meeting Monday ni...
Another Blair County School District is trying to find ways to deal with higher costs and reduced funding.Spring Cove School ...
Several Claysburg-Kimmel School District students fell ill Thursday night after a fuse blew in the high school auditorium. Em...
Teachers in the Hollidaysburg Area School District have agreed to a wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year. The district&rsq...
The Altoona Area School District is moving its Student Registration Office.After renovations have been completed the former K...
An overnight blaze in the city destroyed a structure near the Altoona Area High School.The call reporting the fire at 1208 an...
Local Catholic leaders gathered in Altoona on Wednesday to throw their support behind Senate Bill 1 – which would low i...
An indiscretion with a teenage student has cost an area teacher his job and has him facing a criminal charge.31 year old Carl...
More than 340 people packed the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High auditorium Monday night to hear first hand from the group of c...
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Once again, Foot of Ten Elementary School in Duncansville was the State Champion in Daffodil Days sales for The American Canc...
If we'd been able to do this back in my day, I have a sneaking suspicion I'd be the student getting the pie in the fa...
Speaking on No Child Left Behind testing...Your thoughts?
The following is the speech Gov. Tom Corbett gave to the American Federation for Children May 9 in Washington, D.C. The issu...
All this week in place of our regular guests andtopics on The 11th Hour, we'll be featuring candidates for Blair County Commi...
