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Courtesy/Yusuf DahlThe Allentown-based entrepreneurship program trains Lehigh Valley residents on how to successfully acquire and maintain rental properties.
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Tyler Pratt/WLVRAllentown School District appointed Alicia Knauff as acting head principal in July. She replaced Frank Derrick, who had been leading the school in an acting role for the last two school years.
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Good Shepherd Rehabilitation announced a new program to train long-term care nursing aides. Those who enroll will get paid while training and will be hired at the health care provider upon completion.
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You Are The Light is a recognition program in the Allentown School District that celebrates staff and students. The district selects honorees each month to be featured on LehighValleyNews.com.
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Da Vinci Science Center’s facility at Cedar Crest College will be open through April 1, with the downtown center to open in May.
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East Penn School District is using a second targeted state improvement, or TSI designation, as an opportunity to plan for a variety of issues beyond what the state notice is prompting them to.
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After two lengthy meetings detailing the proposal for a new charter school, the Bethlehem Area School District opted to reject the Bethlehem STEAM Academy's proposal during Monday's school board meeting.
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An application by the Lehigh Valley STEAM Academy Charter School to open in the Whitehall-Coplay School District was unanimously rejected by the school board Monday night.
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After another failed bid to open in Allentown, the Lehigh Valley STEAM Academy Charter School is seeking approval Monday night from school boards in Bethlehem and Whitehall, but it's not looking good.
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McGhee panel discussion and Q&A will take place on Thursday, Feb. 29.
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At least 5,600 borrowers in Pennsylvania will be eligible for the SAVE Plan, the latest round of student loan forgiveness, the White House announced Friday.
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Wilson Intermediate School celebrated the opening of their new sensory hallway, a setup which allows students to safely expend excess energy, during a special event Thursday.
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Some Lehigh Valley school districts are seeing an increase in chronic absenteeism and truancy following the COVID-19 pandemic. And what was already an issue before COVID appears to have reached a level of urgency in some schools.
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The Allentown School District made school uniforms optional this year for the first time since 2013.
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Schools in the Lehigh Valley are about to start. Here's a roundup of the 17 school district's important dates and things to note.
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Bethlehem Area School District teachers hit the streets on the city's South Side to help students feel comfortable transitioning to a new school experience.
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A federal court judge is allowing the assistant principal who filed the civil rights lawsuit to amend his complaint. It stemmed from an altercation at a high school football game last fall.
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Last year, Bethlehem Area and Allentown school districts were waitlisted to get rebate funding through the Clean School Bus program. Another round of applications for this fiscal year is open until later this month.
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The Parkland School District now has two final options for how it will address projected overcrowding in its schools. A decision could come within the next two months.
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The school was designated with a state Targeted Support and Improvement designation due to lagging performance by its cohort of economically disadvantaged students. Officials laid out plans to improve the issues present.
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The new makerspace at Slatington Elementary School will help students learn STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) skills. It will primarily be used by an after school program called Schools & Homes In Education, or SHINE.
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The Whitehall-Coplay School Board approved a slew of new personnel, including full-time teachers and substitutes, along with day-to-day subs, at Monday's meeting.
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Easton councilman-elect Frank Pintabone is hosting a rally on Sunday to help families and kids get ready to return to school, offering information, access to administrators and instructors, free supplies and fun activities.
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House Education Committee Chair Peter Schweyer said Level Up funding should be released immediately.