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“This unprecedented gift is a huge win for early literacy in this country, which remains a widespread and critical challenge we have a responsibility to...

The five-year Education Innovation and Research Grant will help the national literacy nonprofit evaluate, optimize and scale its online tutoring program...

Grossman Wyoming Seminary senior Shailee Desai and Gabrielle Grossman, a 2016 Sem graduate, were recently named recipients of the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association Scholarships. Desai, of Shavertown, is the winner of the High School Scholarship, while Grossman, also of Shavertown, is the winner of the inaugural Law School Scholarship. Desai graduated from Sem on May 29 and will be attending Princeton University in the fall, where she plans on majoring in either public policy or history. Sh...

Reading Partners is a one-on-one tutoring program that provides students individualized instruction twice a week. “Our mission is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results,” said Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan, executive director of Reading Partners. She said the pandemic has made the need for funding even more critical. “Currently we are serving 480 students across 19 Title 1 public schools and particularly t...