Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
West Chester University rose to No. 227 (tie) among national universities and No. 121 (tie) among top public schools in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, gaining 15 spots in both categories over the prior year.
Education
West Chester University rose to No. 227 (tie) among national universities and No. 121 (tie) among top public schools in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, gaining 15 spots in both categories over the prior year.
Education
The WCASD Property and Finance Committee addressed capital project bids, school renovation change orders and a meal price increase at its Aug. 17 meeting, two weeks before roughly 12,000 students return to class.
Education
Chester County farms and institutions received more than $2 million in Pennsylvania agricultural innovation grants announced Aug. 14, including a $50,000 feasibility study for a farm training facility on the Chester County Prison campus.
Education
West Chester Area School District's roughly 12,000 students return to class Monday, Aug. 31, with free breakfast for elementary and middle schoolers, orientations underway, and a half-day dismissal just four days into the year.
Education
Hundreds of West Chester-area families gathered at Henderson High School on Aug. 4 for National Night Out, where children explored emergency vehicles and met the responders and school resource officers who serve local schools.
Education
Pennsylvania House lawmakers toured Chester County's Technical College High School on Aug. 4 to examine how $65 million in new state career-tech funding since 2023, including $10 million in the latest budget, is expanding access for about 3,000 students at CCIU's three campuses.
Education
West Chester University's elementary education program dropped from a B to an F in the NCTQ 2026 Teacher Prep Review on reading instruction, falling short in four of five core reading areas while 53% of programs nationally earned A's.
Education
Exton Elementary fourth-graders partnered with Barclay Friends residents in West Chester for a spring 2026 oral history project, interviewing seniors about their lives and creating personalized keepsake books presented in June.
Education
Pennsylvania's 2026-27 state budget delivers $11 million in new funding to Chester County schools and allows out-of-state continuing education credits for PA-certified educators, a provision championed by State Sen. Carolyn Comitta that removes a barrier for teachers looking to return to the Commonwealth.
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