1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (410+ words) By Dr. Michael Stauffer Berks Career and Technology Center Each February, the Nation celebrates Career and Technical Education Month as a time to recognize the value career and technical education, or CTE, brings to students, employers,and local economies. Highlighting…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (264+ words) Third, in an age of information overload, the world needs people who can discern, dissect and synthesize quality information. Consider these figures: You see more information in one day than your ancestors saw in a lifetime. You even have more…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (244+ words) Kids visiting loved ones serving time behind bars at the Berks County Jail now have a new resource to make the experience a little more welcoming. Stephanie Williams, system administrator for the Berks County Public Library System, said the installation…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (472+ words) The growing problem of social isolation in the senior populations is nothing new. While the pandemic made us more aware of the isolation issue, time has given us the gift of distraction so we move our focus onto the next…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (560+ words) Many leaders rise through the ranks because they are dependable. When something needs to get done, they jump in. When a problem appears, they fix it. When a team member struggles, they take the work back to make sure it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (857+ words) Karlen Rios and her partner walked quickly along a table set up in a large room inside Wilson High School on Friday morning. As they moved, they plucked items from tables and placed them in a bag. They dropped in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) All children learn differently, and what may be a great learning environment for one student can be a poor fit for another. That's why one in five parents last year enrolled at least one of their children in a new…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (337+ words) By Dr. Christy Haller Exeter Township School District Schools are often seen as places where students come to learn, but in many communities, they can serve an even broader role. Increasingly, school districts are stepping beyond traditional boundaries to help…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (1123+ words) When Daniel Zebrowski, 17, of Chester County learned about an opportunity through his private high school to get educated beyond its walls through a three-and-a-half-month outdoor adventure experience, he jumped on it. "Originally I signed up to go on the adventure…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1220+ words) The setting was ideal. State officials and education experts from Berks and Montgomery counties gathered inside the library at Daniel Boone Middle School for a discussion on literacy on Monday afternoon. Surrounded by shelves of books, they talked about recent…...