Education

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Peirce College announced today that select areas of its newly-renovated facilities are available for events such as receptions, conferences and corporate training sessions. Located on Pine Street just off the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Peirce’s historic campus is an ideal setting. The College has technologically state-of-the-art resources and support and...
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Three area Devon Prep seniors were elected to the student council executive board for the 2009-10 school year. Brendan Fulmer (left) of Broomall will serve as President, Peter DeLong (center) of Downingtown will serve as vice president and Griffith Roberts of West Chester as treasurer. Members of Devon Prep’s student council are elected by...
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Montgomery County Community College will present its third annual Business and Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series with a public address on economic recovery by economist Dr. James Diffley, group managing director of Global Insight’s U.S. Regional Services Group. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 12:30 p.m. in the Science Center...
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Nearly 80 percent of Pennsylvania’s public schools met the required academic goals of the federal No Child Left Behind law for 2009, Governor Edward G. Rendell and Education Secretary Zahorchak announced today. Driving the progress were the school districts that have received the most significant increases in state resources since 2002. These districts have...
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Philadelphia Union, the expansion Major League Soccer organization, set to begin play in spring, 2010 announced today a unique arrangement with the Chester Upland School District, offering Vice President of Soccer Development Rob Smith, Jr. to CUSD for the school year, 2009-10, on executive loan. The agreement is part of Philadelphia Union’s continuing commitment...
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Credit enrollment reached an all-time high for the ninth consecutive year at Montgomery County Community College, with the fall 2009 headcount totaling 13,220 students, which is close to a 10 percent increase over last fall. The enrollment numbers will continue to increase, as the College is still registering students for late-start and accelerated courses,...
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Devon Preparatory School students returned today, September 2 to begin the 2009-10 school year. Although most of the nearly 300 students who attend Devon Prep haven’t been back since early June, the school’s campus was still quite busy this summer. This was the second year Devon Prep sponsored a co-ed Summer Enrichment Program on...
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Spring City, PA – Business goes back to school as the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce hosts their first membership breakfast of the 2009-2010 Chamber program year on Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 7 to 9 AM.  Networking is from 7 to 7:30 AM and the program begins promptly at 7:30 AM.  The event...
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The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) today announced the availability of its 2010-11 Student Aid Guide. The Guide is Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive financial aid planning publication and is available at no cost. The Guide offers in-depth information on the federal student aid process and includes details on all of Pennsylvania’s aid programs, including...
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HARRISBURG – The scheduled Aug. 27 payment of more than $876 million to Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts will not occur due to the lack of a state budget, Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak announced today. “This marks the second month we have been legally prohibited from providing districts with state funding, and districts have...
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