Education
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MONTCO Careers – Manor College
Located in Jenkintown, Manor College is a Catholic institution of higher learning founded by the Byzantine Ukrainian Sisters of Saint Basil the Great, offering transfer and career-oriented programs to traditional age and adult students. Assistant Director of Development Reporting to the Director of Development and Alumni Relations, this position is responsible for strategic execution and…
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St. Joseph’s New President Brings Big Changes
Lower Merion’s Mark Reed, President of St. Joseph’s University, has made huge improvements in all aspects of school’s operations in his first two years in charge, writes Susan Snyder for Philly.com. Reed was faced with numerous challenges when he took on the position from his predecessor who had received a no-confidence vote from the school’s…
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Manor College Appoints Dr. David Greenhalgh as Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs
Manor College in Jenkintown has announced that Dr. David C. Greenhalgh will serve as its Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs while it conducts a national search for a full time VPAA. Dr. G., as he is affectionately known by his students and colleagues, was most recently the Interim Headmaster of Jackson Hole Classical Academy…
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Lower Moreland High School Science Teacher Battling Fake News in the Classroom
Lower Moreland High School chemistry teacher, Patrick Engleman, is battling fake news in the classroom by sharpening his students’ critical thinking skills, writes Ashley Hoffman for Inquisitr. Engleman uses a trick to help students see how easy it is to believe fake news. He introduces his class to “dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO)” a substance he says…
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Four Montgomery County High Schools Ranked in State’s Top 25 STEM Schools
Four public high schools in Montgomery County have been ranked in the top twenty five schools for STEM education in Pennsylvania, according to a staff report for Philadelphia Business Journal. Niche.com analyzed public high schools across the state to find those that create the best foundation in science, technology, engineering, and math. The rankings were…
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Central Montco Technical High School Among Pioneers of Program to Send Vocational Students to Ivy League Schools
Central Montco Technical High School’s allied health program is one of the pioneers of a practice at vocational schools that is gaining popularity, writes Kathy Boccella for Philly.com. It is training students not just to work in traditional blue-collar jobs, but also preparing them for further education at some of the nation’s most prestigious schools.…
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Former St. Joseph’s Preparatory School Teacher to Entertain and Educate in Act II Playhouse Show
Rosemont’s Tony Braithwaite aims to entertain and educate Ambler residents with his new Act II Playhouse show, “Didn’t Your Father Have This Talk With You?”, writes Rita Charleston for Chestnut Hill Local. Braithwaite, who grew up in Bala Cynwyd and is a former theology and sex education teacher at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, started in…
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Which Montco Neighborhoods Rank Among the Top 25 Most Educated in Greater Philly?
A new report in the Philadelphia Business Journal ranked the Top 25 Most-Educated Neighborhoods by ZIP code in Greater Philadelphia. Included in the criteria are the highest number of adults with advanced degrees and data on population, median household incomes, and workers in management, business, science, and arts occupations. Eight Montgomery County ZIP codes cracked…
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MONTCO Careers – American Reading Company
Built and run by education activists, the King of Prussia-based American Reading Company is a trusted partner of 5,320 schools and 1,070 districts in 50 states, helping strengthen district and school capacity at every level. Full Stack Developer – Business Systems This position builds custom web-based front-ends to simplify product design, order entry, item maintenance, and more,…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College Bridges Continents, Cultures to Partner with Ukrainian University
Jenkintown’s Manor College signed a partnership agreement with Ukraine’s Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University for future research and scientific cooperation between the two institutions, according to a staff report from The Ukrainian Weekly. The agreement was signed on May 31 during a Skype meeting held between officials from both institutions. Manor College was represented by…
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Bryn Mawr’s All-Girl Baldwin School Inspire Unity and Growth
Bryn Mawr’s all-girl Baldwin School creates a sense of solidarity among its students and inspires them to make a difference in the world, writes Madeleine Marr for Philly.com. Marr gave the graduation address at the school this month. In it she reflected on her decision to join Baldwin and everything she learned during her years…
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Bryn Mawr College Finalist in Travel and Leisure’s Most Beautiful Campus Competition
With its majestic stone buildings, gorgeous landscaping, and historic trees, Bryn Mawr College campus is one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, and now is your chance to help make that official. Bryn Mawr Campus has been selected as one of the twenty finalists of Travel and Leisure’s Most Beautiful College Campus contest…
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Manor College Ranked Fifth Among Best Two-Year Colleges in Pennsylvania
LearnHowToBecome.org, a leading resource provider for higher education and career information, has determined its ranking of the best colleges in Pennsylvania for 2017, and Manor College in Jenkintown was ranked No. 5 among two-year colleges. “These Pennsylvania colleges and universities offer not only great degree programs but also excellent resources for preparing students for post-college…
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MCCC Looks to Become Regional Entrepreneurial Hub
Montgomery County Community College is looking to become a regional entrepreneurial hub to help students and community members achieve their full entrepreneurial potential, writes Gaetan Giannini for Technical.ly. The Blue Bell institution is implementing a number of projects and programs. Through this, it hopes to encourage both students and community members to discover their entrepreneurial…
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Unfunded State Mandates Push Pennsylvania School Districts, Tax Payers Finances to the Brink
With bookbags strapped to the back of Pennsylvania school districts getting heavier and heavier each year, some districts are now starting to stumble. The weight of new state budget mandates for pensions, special education and charter school tuition is becoming too much for some of them to bear, according to a Penn Live report by…
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Harriton, Wissahickon, Perkiomen Valley, Lower Merion and Souderton are County’s Most Challenging High Schools
Sometimes a good challenge is all it takes to push students to achieve their full potential, and in Montgomery County, that’s happening the most at Harriton, Wissahickon, Perkiomen Valley, Lower Merion and Souderton high schools. All five ranked among Pennsylvania’s top 20 for The Washington Post’s 2017 listing of America’s Most Challenging High Schools. The…
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Valley Forge Casino Resort’s Owner Donates $5M to Penn State
Ira Lubert, principal owner of King of Prussia’s Valley Forge Casino Resort and chair of Penn State’s Board of Trustees, has donated $5 million to the university, writes Mark Wogenrich for The Morning Call. $2.4 million of this will go to the Millennium Scholars program while another $1.75 million will help finance renovations to Penn…
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Harleysville’s Griffin Quintuplets Heading to Montgomery County Community College
Harleysville quintuplets, Austin, Evan, Miranda, Lindsay, and Dillon Griffin, are about to graduate from Souderton Area High School and head to Montgomery County Community College in the fall, writes Bob Keeler for Souderton Independent. The five siblings got driven to school for their first nineteen years but “just recently, Evan got a car,” said their…
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