The report: A yardstick of several categories
By Jessica Matthews
Times-Shamrock Newspapers spent weeks collecting and analyzing data from 480 public school districts.
 Lackawanna
and Luzerne County schools
Monroe,
Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming County schools
Expert: Report raises public awareness
By Jessica Matthews
Kathryn Doherty knows first hand about the latest buzzword in education: Accountability. The final answer on test scores
By Jessica Matthews
Abington Heights has the highest average score on the
Scholastic Aptitude Test among public school districts in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Rich Banick/Staff |
Northwest headed in right direction
By Jessica Matthews
Amanda Grace hears the kids at other schools make fun of Northwest Area High School. |
| Northwest Superintendent
Bob Gardner looks over the shoulder of third grader Samantha
Matschat, 9, during her class. |
Carbondale looks for answers after low scores
By Jessica Matthews
A showcase of trophies, plaques and blue ribbons won by
various sports teams greets visitors entering Carbondale Area High School.
Add it up: Better critical-thinking skills will improve math test scores
Standardized tests reshape curriculum
By Maria Sawka
If a student learns anything in 12 years of public school in Pennsylvania, it's how to take a test.
Schools teaching more than what's on the tests
By Maria Sawka
Good smells are wafting from Dorothy Rodite's classroom at Pocono Mountain High School.
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Butch Comegys/Staff |
| Pocono Mountain junior
Rosemary Fiki practices a song during class on an electric keyboard. |
SAT-The imperfect admissions test
By Maria Sawka
It's a rite of passage for most high school juniors.
Highlights of the Exam
City schools struggle
By Maria Sawka
Their problems are unique. And so are their financial circumstances and the children they serve.
Teachers face mix of challenges
By Maria Sawka
The floors are a bit dusty at Dunmore High School. In the midst of its first major interior facelift in more than 30 years, bright new classrooms are now wrapped inside the building's brick facade, which remains unchanged since 1936.
Experience
key factor in salaries
What does it
take to be a teacher in NEPA? |
