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Sydney Roach

Altoona

Reporter and Host at WPSU-FM (State College, PA)

Articles

  • 1 week ago | wvia.org | Sydney Roach

    Only about one-third of 4th graders in Pennsylvania were proficient in reading in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress, which reported significant decreases in reading scores nationwide. Now, advocates are calling on state lawmakers to improve training for teachers, and to support early literacy screening and intervention.

  • 1 week ago | radio.wpsu.org | Sydney Roach

    Only about one-third of 4th graders in Pennsylvania were proficient in reading in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress, which reported significant decreases in reading scores nationwide. Now, advocates are calling on state lawmakers to improve training for teachers, and to support early literacy screening and intervention.

  • 1 week ago | radio.wpsu.org | Sydney Roach

    As the summer tourism season continues, campground reservations for federally owned sites at Raystown Lake are still closed, but that could change soon because of a recently approved exemption to the federal hiring freeze. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asked the federal government for that exemption to the hiring freeze for Raystown Lake in March.

  • 1 week ago | wesa.fm | Sydney Roach

    There's a new sculpture celebrating Blair County's history and the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States at the entrance to DelGrosso's Amusement Park. The America250PA committee is installing large fiberglass liberty bells in all 67 counties, similar to their initiative to plant liberty trees in each county. The bell in Tipton is only the second to be unveiled, with the first one unveiled in Montgomery County in late May. America250PA chose designs from artists in each county.

  • 1 week ago | radio.wpsu.org | Sydney Roach

    There’s a new sculpture celebrating Blair County’s history and the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States at the entrance to DelGrosso’s Amusement Park. The America250PA committee is installing large fiberglass liberty bells in all 67 counties, similar to their initiative to plant liberty trees in each county. The bell in Tipton is only the second to be unveiled, with the first one unveiled in Montgomery County in late May. America250PA chose designs from artists in each county.

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