11+ hour, 12+ min ago  (103+ words) The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago  (772+ words) In 2026, the United States turns 250 years old. Pennsylvania will be at the center of that celebration, as it should be. The ideas that became America were debated here, printed here and defended by ordinary people who believed self-government was worth…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago  (802+ words) As a school counselor, David Heavner sees firsthand the mental health issues students deal with, including anxiety and depression, that are part of what he calls a growing mental health crisis. Heavner, 54, of Buffalo Township wrote a book and founded…...

12+ hour, 47+ min ago  (868+ words) READING " Do students have the right to leave school as a protest tactic? The U. S. Supreme Court established in Tinker v. Des Moines in 1969 that neither students nor teachers "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse…...

22+ hour, 51+ min ago  (290+ words) The number of new foreign undergraduate students at U. S. colleges dropped by an average of 20% this spring from a year earlier, according to a study by a coalition of education groups, the latest sign that President Donald Trump's standoff with higher…...

21+ hour, 28+ min ago  (409+ words) Highlands School Board will consider $1. 67 million in capital projects for the 2026-27 school year, but the work is not expected to raise taxes. Stan Whiteman, director of buildings and grounds, presented an overview of the work during Monday's board meeting. The…...

22+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1638+ words) It's not often a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter levels with high school kids. On Monday, author and former Pittsburgh resident Michael Chabon " whose works include "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" and "Wonder Boys" " spoke…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (881+ words) Plum School District's preliminary budget for next year could add another tax bump for Plum property owners. The district's proposed budget, approved in a 6-3 vote, would raise taxes almost 3%, taking the district's millage rate from 23. 9159 mills to 24. 6190 mills. That means,…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (537+ words) Recess isn't just a fun break for grade schoolers. It's crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That's the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (306+ words) The widow of a man killed in a mass shooting last year at Florida State University is suing Chat GPT maker Open AI, blaming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot for contributing to the tragedy. Prosecutors say they believe Chat GPT…...