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Pa. budget gives performance-based boost to Pitt, Penn State
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (548+ words) The state budget approved Sunday includes almost $2.7 million in new performance-based funding for the University of Pittsburgh and more than $4 million for Penn State University. The performance-based funding comes from a $10 million pool established by the General Assembly for state-related…...
Shaler Area works with The Challenge Program to help motivate students to do well in school
19+ hour, 48+ min ago (619+ words) Editor’s note: The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. Every year, there are students who make great strides toward academic and…...
At the library: Here are some upcoming programs at Northland Public Library
1+ day, 48+ min ago (966+ words) Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, McCandless, is the second largest library in Allegheny County. The library serves five communities — Bradford Woods, Franklin Park, McCandless, Marshall and Ross — but is open to everyone. Northland’s summer operating hours are 9 a.m. to…...
John M. Crisp: There’s a better way to make America more religious
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (641+ words) Last month, the Texas State Board of Education adopted a required reading list that includes Bible stories and scriptures at every public-school grade level, from kindergarten through high school. In first grade, for example, students will learn about Jonah and…...
How Little Free Libraries expand book access in Western Pennsylvania
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1487+ words) Anna Snyder had been a Girl Scout for more than four years — her bright green vest glittered with earned patches — when it was time for her Bronze project. The project is part of the Bronze Award process for a Junior…...
University of Pittsburgh forms 1st-ever summer concert band
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (898+ words) Luke Fritz has been playing the trumpet since his elementary school days in the Franklin Regional School District. He continued engaging with music while attending college at the University of Pittsburgh, even though he was majoring in geology. “I think…...
Pitt hikes tuition for 2026-27 academic year
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (374+ words) Tuition at the University of Pittsburgh is going up. The school’s trustees on Friday voted to increase tuition for the upcoming academic year. In-state undergraduate students will pay 3% more, while in-state graduate students will see their bills jump by 2%. Out-of-state…...
Pucketos Garden Club to award scholarship to environmental sciences student
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (446+ words) Pucketos Garden Club of New Kensington will award a scholarship for the 15th year in a row to a college student studying environmental sciences. It’s selling tickets now for its August fundraiser luncheon to help fund the $1,000 scholarship. Betsy Shelhamer, the…...
Letter to the editor: Hempfield should offer students solar panel training
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (253+ words) I just finished reading the article [‘A legacy that will extend far beyond these walls’: Hempfield Area celebrates groundbreaking of high school renovation]“‘A legacy that will extend far beyond these walls’: Hempfield Area celebrates groundbreaking of high school renovation…...
Elizabeth Dowdell: For the 1 in 4 teens with ‘problematic smartphone use,’ Pa.’s proposed bell‑to‑bell cellphone ban might not be a simple solution
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (808+ words) Pennsylvania is moving toward a statewide “bell-to-bell” cellphone ban in public schools. The state Senate and House of Representatives have advanced companion bills that would require students in grades K-12 to keep cellphones turned off or stored in lockers, backpacks…...