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Sestak Announces Legislation to Help Student Veterans Make the Most of Military Training/Education and GI Benefits

Sestak Announces Legislation to Help Student Veterans Make the Most of Military Training/Education and GI Benefits

At a forum at the University of Pennsylvania to spotlight Veteran education programs there as well as at Drexel University, Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) announced new legislation today that will help our returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan put their military training toward a college degree. The Congressman’s bill would permit all students to...
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Area Devon Prep Students Elected Student Council Officers

Area Devon Prep Students Elected Student Council Officers

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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8 out of 10 Pa Schools Meet “No Child Left Behind” Targets

8 out of 10 Pa Schools Meet “No Child Left Behind” Targets

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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Devon Prep Students Return To School

Devon Prep Students Return To School

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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Pa’s 2010-11 Student Aid Guide is Now Available

Pa’s 2010-11 Student Aid Guide is Now Available

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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Department of Education Legally Prohibited from Funding Schools

Department of Education Legally Prohibited from Funding Schools

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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Local Devon Prep Graduate Publishes First Novel

Local Devon Prep Graduate Publishes First Novel

By the end of their senior year in high school, most students are busy getting ready to graduate and preparing for college. For Devon Prep Class of 2009 graduate Richard M. Say of West Chester, his senior year also included completing his first novel. “The Cold War Turned Hot,” is a 264 page historic...
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MCCC Named ‘Military Friendly School’

MCCC Named ‘Military Friendly School’

Montgomery County Community College has been named as a “Military Friendly School” for 2010 by G.I. Jobs magazine. The designation ranks the College in the top 15 percent of all higher education institutions in the country. The ranking is based a survey that examined an institution’s VA approval of GI Bill benefits, CLEP acceptance,...
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Pennsylvania Only State with Rising Test Scores Across the Board

Pennsylvania Only State with Rising Test Scores Across the Board

Pennsylvania Shows Broad, Consistent Improvement in Test Scores – Only State with Rising Test Scores Across the Board HARRISBURG, PA—August 18, 2009—Student achievement has risen across the board in Pennsylvania according to a 50-state study of test results by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization. From as early as 2002...
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