K-12 News

The slideshow presented at the Parkland School Board meeting that gives more information about the options from the district's feasibility study.

St. Luke's University Health Network offers real-life experience to adolescents. The latest group is concluding their time as high school students in the field.

The employee under investigation at Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter School was recently acting CEO until it hired its third CEO last month.

The East Penn School Board approved changes to the middle school calendar as recommended by teachers and administrators.

The East Penn School Board gave final approval to its 2023-24 budget and set a tax rate lower than initial projections. The new budget retains administrative priorities such as 7 reading interventionists and 6 learning support staffers.

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The Allentown School District said the STREAM Academy at the new science center at Eighth and Hamilton streets will be the first non-charter, non-private, theme-based school in the Lehigh Valley.

For 50 years, Ray Boris taught Theology at Bethlehem Catholic High School. He showed up shortly after 6 a.m. every day and didn't leave until he graded the last test.

The Bethlehem Area School District plans to appoint Maureen Leeson as assistant superintendent and chief academic officer, to take the place of Jack Silva, who will be the next superintendent. Esther Lee, president of the Bethlehem NAACP, said the district should have hired a Black candidate.

State House Democrats approved adding $1.7 billion more education spending, including more money to the poorest districts. The final budget will be negotiated with Senate leaders and the governor's office.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing a hefty an increase in aid to Pennsylvania's schools in his first budget delivered Tuesday to the Legislature.

Chris Pirrotta, a father of three children who attend Parkland schools, announced his campaign for a seat on the Parkland School Board.

The free expo set for Saturday will showcase music, dance, martial arts and more from young artists living in the Lehigh Valley.

Easton Area School District Superintendent David Piperato is retiring in August, he announced in an email to district staff Monday morning. He's served the district since December 2019 and has decades of experience in education.

Pennsylvania has now reached the 100-school threshold to move forward with sponsorship by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Broadway actors Orfeh and Andy Karl came to William Allen High to conduct a workshop for the school's upcoming performance of Little Shop of Horrors

Groups that represent the district's majority-minority population are crying foul over what they describe as a lack of transparency and involvement in the process of identifying a new leader.

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Recruitment is an important strategy in getting more people invested in the teaching profession. But it's not the only one. Just as important is finding a way to hold on to the good teachers already in the classroom.

Brad Klein and Ryan Gaylor go behind the scenes on Gaylor's recent story on the ‘After-School Satan Club’ controversy in Saucon Valley School District.

Volunteers read to elementary school students across the Lehigh Valley for Read Across America Day on Thursday. The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Reads coordinated the effort.

A Thursday morning panel discussion at Univest Public Media Center in Bethlehem focused on a new statewide report showing that early childhood care teachers earn less than $12 an hour and are planning to leave the industry for higher-paying jobs.