Earned Honors News Today

Three days before Christmas 1944, two Schuylkill County, Pa., soldiers participated in one of the most important aspects of the Battle of the Bulge.

To replace traditional honors classes, Superintendent Carlton Jenkins wants to expand the district’s current Earned Honors program to all core classes — English, math, science and social studies — offered to freshmen and sophomores.

The inclusion of write-in candidate David Blaska in a recent school board forum prompted heated debate.

The Madison school district was set to phase out standalone honors classes starting this fall. District officials have quietly backtracked on that plan.