With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their education journey.
From st...
As college enrollment among 18-year-olds continues to decline, higher education institutions in the county are being pushed to rethink how they operate.
Slippery Rock Un...
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• File on Oct. 1, the day the Federal Application for Student Aid opens. The sooner you file, the longer you have to plan. Some programs fund on a first-co...
Thousands of students from Butler County’s nine school districts are about to be back on the road, traveling to and from school five days a week — some of them behind the...
MANSFIELD, Ohio — The topic of a new course at Mansfield Senior High School is one that teenagers across the country are having trouble with: How to Get to Sleep.
One ni...
The school year stops in June. The learning doesn’t. Summer camps see to that.
Butler County offers a number of camps for children over the summer months. The camps empha...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have b...
When deciding what college or university is right for you, going on a tour of the campus is almost always necessary. While staff and student tour guides give plenty of in...
Preparing for life after high school can be a serious and difficult transition for some high school students.
At Moniteau School District, career education and student se...
“Hands-on research” is a term often used to describe how college students learn through active participation in laboratory experiments, but one Slippery Rock University s...
There are really four “Rs” to an elementary school year: reading, ’riting, ’rithmatic — and readying a child for the new semester.
Sarah Milford, a second-grade teacher a...
It’s only August, but summer is already drawing to a close for county schoolchildren. They’ll be reporting back to class in a little over two weeks.
But for their teacher...
Josh Book, a rising senior at Slippery Rock Area High School, said he remembers the first day of his freshman year as though it were yesterday.
Josh said his first few m...
In a roundabout way, the coronavirus pandemic sent Jessica McNulty, of Butler Township, on an educational overseas journey she will never forget.
McNulty graduated in 201...
CRANBERRY TWP — In the year 2023, locals can hear the lively lilt of every language from Spanish to Ukrainian to Japanese in the streets of Cranberry Township.
“So you ge...
“Find Set 26. Chip it. Red,” barks Karns City high school senior Tyler Hiles, 17. He sounds like a quarterback shouting his cadence before snapping the ball.
Tyler is th...
When the world changed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Michelle Henry Reed’s two high school-aged children changed with it.
Classes went online for the stu...
College also adds medical office specialist for fall semester
One short-term Butler County Community College program debuting this fall will help students such as small-b...
SLIPPERY ROCK — When he first arrived at Slippery Rock University from his home near Odessa, Texas, Elijah Calzada became integrated into campus life in part thanks to hi...
BOSTON — Evena Joseph was unaware how much her 10-year-old son was struggling in school. She found out only with help from somebody who knows the Boston school system bet...
Grove City College is a highly distinctive, nationally ranked comprehensive Christian liberal arts college that equips students to pursue their unique callings through a ...
Since stepping into the role of chief diversity officer of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, more than a year ago, Dr. Anthony Jones and his team...
The pandemic forced change on many people and businesses, most notably with the more significant use of modern technology. Think about the increase in the use of digital ...
