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Penn State Wilkes-Barre is the second smallest of the university's campuses. The report released this week calls for its closure, but supporters say they're not done fighting for the campus.
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Ashlie Crosson, this year’s National Teacher of the Year, is wrapping up classes with her students and getting ready to embark on a year-long tour to inspire fellow teachers around the country.
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President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from Maine's public schools after a clash with the state's governor. NPR visited a rural school in Maine to see what's at stake.
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The Trump administration says it is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard. The announcement comes after the university's president pushed back on allegations of extreme liberalism.
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The Penn State Board of Trustees must vote on the recommendations, which call for closing Wilkes-Barre and saving the Hazleton, Schuylkill and Scranton campuses. The university recommends that Penn State Scranton serve as a primary anchor for the region going forward.
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The Blue Comet Diner in Hazleton closed in 2011. Students from the Hazleton Area Career Center began restoring the sign this spring. When finished, the sign will be on display at the Greater Hazleton Historical Society and Museum.
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As the Trump administration resumes mandatory student loan payments, NPR hears from Americans who say they can't afford to repay.
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A Republican overhaul would reduce borrowers' repayments options from several plans to just two.
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Over two days, more than 250 children with special needs from Carbon County schools will fish along a creek in Jim Thorpe. The late Philip Rodgers started the derby 70 years ago.
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The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.
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The Wilkes-Barre Area School District's Education Experience program places high school seniors in classrooms throughout the district. With a national teacher shortage, educators hope the program provides inspiration.
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Entries for our seventh annual contest for fourth grade podcasters, and middle and high school students are now due Sunday, May 25 at midnight E.T.