Third grade learning gaps grow after pandemic hit
The article outlines how 8 to 9 year olds in Northeast Pennsylvania show pandemic related learning losses. Third graders face poor reading progress, handwriting issues, and behavior problems as districts return to normal. A December NWEA report notes wide achievement gaps and long term risk of dropping out.
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Lakeland
Josefa Dombrosky
Pennsylvania
Center For School and
NWEA
Children’s Reading Foundation
Investigations into Catholic Church abuse expand nationwide
A Pennsylvania report on systemic priest abuse sparked national probes. Since then state AGs like Illinois’ Kwame Raoul reported 450+ credibly accused abusers and nearly 2,000 child victims since 1950. While few prosecutions followed, reforms expanded civil timelines and public awareness.
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Josh Shapiro
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Shapiro
Vatican
Ilinois
Kwame Raoul
Hazleton debated site for proposed Hazleton transfer station
At a Hazleton Township meeting on a state panel hearing about North East Waste Systems plan to open a two day transfer station near 455 East Broad Street, residents challenged the site choice and its impact. Attendees questioned odors exhaust and traffic near Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton and a fire station while officials argued mine land plus rail access suit the project.
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Hazleton
Bob Childs
Hazle
North East Waste Systems
E. Broad St
Childs
State Department of Environmental Protection
East Broad Street
North East
Bill Rinaldi
Greater Hazleton
Anthony Valente
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Valente
Cancer Institute
Jenifer Fields
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NEPA
Sarah Hofius Hall
Photo Valley
Melissa Meyers
Sugarloaf Two
Lukehs Obregon
West Hazleton
Gallup
United States
AG AS Ag
Sam Galski
Rose Hearing Center
Shea DeNoia
GNC
Laurel Mall
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