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RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR FURTHER WORK AT NEW STADIUM
At a special meeting Thursday night, the River Valley School Board approved a proposal for some temporary and permanent work to make the new football stadium ready to go for the start of the season. The agreement with Force Turf Solutions of Indiana will include the installation of temporary chain...
IUP TEACHER MENTORING PROGRAM GAINS STATE, NATIONAL RECOGNITION
An IUP teacher mentoring program has gained recognition on the state and national level. The university’s Community and Representation, or CoRe pilot program, was selected for recognition by both the PA Needs Teachers in its “Solutions Playbook” that was published by Teach Plus Pennsylvania and the National Center on Education and the Economy. The program pairs teacher-candidate students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds with practicing educators who are also from similar groups. Five of those educators are IUP Alumni. Of the six students in the pilot program, four are continuing in IUP’s Teacher Education program, while the others are completing studies at IUP in other majors.
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