School News

The Freddy Awards is now in its 24th year. The ceremony will take place on May 21 at State Theatre.

A school district email said that at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, "during an administrative search of a student's belongings, school officials discovered a loaded firearm inside a student's school bag."

"The entire regiment deserves some sort of reconsideration, whether it’s by BusPatrol or by legislative change,” PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll said during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing.

Midway Manor Community Association has been using its park since entering a "handshake agreement" almost 70 years ago, according to residents.

At the new theme-based school, the goal is for students to become bilingual and biliterate. The superintendent said the academy is an effort to honor the district’s large Latino population.

The Midway Manor Community Association could lose access to its lifeblood if Allentown School District adds more modular classrooms at an East Side academy.

Lawmakers voted 46-1 on Senate Bill 1014, bipartisan legislation that would require public schools to adopt "bell-to-bell" policies restricting student use of smartphones and other internet-connected devices throughout the entire school day.

Guests enjoyed dinner Tuesday night at Bethlehem's United Steelworkers Union Hall before a panel of five women tried to make sense of rising costs for housing, groceries, healthcare and other essential needs.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning composer, lyricist, performer and star of the Broadway show "Hamilton," will present this year’s Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Visiting Lecture on Feb. 12 at the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center.

Four $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to local union members by mid-February, officials said. The paraprofessionals must be pursuing a teaching certification in a high-need subject.

The school runs four- and six-week certification courses for CNAs and home health aides.

A program that provides universal free meals for kids started early in the pandemic.

Chickens, cardinals, praying mantis, ants and wasps are just a few of the spotted lanternfly's natural predators.

The district voted to raise taxes, but some residents could actually end up saving money.

Financial aid can come from federal, state and private sources.

Items for the sale are gathered by Lehigh's Community Service Office.

For many, it's time to step beyond education and get a job.

Combining art with sport, some skateboarders decorate their boards with graphics.

Ukranian playrights have collaborated to share their war-time experiences.

Every year public school districts pay more than $3 billion to charter schools in the Pennsylvania, officials say.

Students told to attend classes about puberty based on sex assigned at birth.

Victor Cai wanted to help his karate teacher who has been losing his sight for year.