Literacy

School’s out for the summer, and that means WVIA’s annual PA School Report Card is out too. WVIA Education Reporter Sarah Hofius Hall spent weeks compiling the analysis, and she joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto in the podcast studio to discuss what she found.

Since the 1930s a star has illuminated the knob overlooking the Milford Borough. In 2017, the National Park Service removed it. This year, the Pike County community and federal representatives worked together to restore the star ahead of the country’s semiquincentennial Saturday.

WVIA News released its annual PA School Report Card analysis this week. This year's report focuses on literacy and how schools around the state are trying to catch up.

Nearly all school districts in Pennsylvania have seen drops in English language arts proficiency since the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a new state mandate, schools are changing the way they teach students how to read.