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Moravian University and Lehigh Carbon Community College are working to remove barriers for Black and Latino high school students.

A coalition with wealthy backers is pushing Pennsylvania lawmakers to use public dollars to create tuition vouchers so K-12 students can attend private schools. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is in support of this idea.

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School board members say a lack of internal controls contributed to the problems. They say the situation is being fixed.

HNL announces winners of annual Children's Art Contest with three winners from each age group. The theme was "design your own lab coat."

Dean M. Donaher is a former teacher, principal and administrator in the Bethlehem Area School District. He'll take the helm effective July 17 at Bethlehem Catholic.

Allentown School District officials said the proposal to allow schools in industrial zones was "simply not good planning" and not safe for children.

Building projects that would address overcrowding in the Parkland School District will cost between $169 million and $391 million, according to a presentation at the school board meeting this week.

Benita Draper was the director of equity initiatives for the Bethlehem Area School District and a former elementary school principal.

At a school board meeting Tuesday, superintendent Jaime Vlasaty defended the decision not to allow the after-school Satan club to meet on campus, saying the group violated district rules.

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20-year-old Ceu Uk, of Charlotte, allegedly threatened a shooting in the Saucon Valley School District in response to an after-school Satan club being allowed to meet on district property.

Faculty members from Moravian's office of equity and inclusion are discussing how Black filmmakers are changing history and the role women played in the civil rights movement.

Joanne Dillman, a former educator and a North Whitehall resident, is running for a seat on the Parkland School Board.

The School of Behavioral and Community Health at Moravian University will launch three new programs in the fall of 2023.

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan. It's a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced.

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As interest in the education field continues to decline, the report recommends systemic changes. A hearing of the state Senate Education Committee to examine the issue is set for this week.

The district superintendent said she was reversing course and rescinding approval for the club to use Saucon Valley Middle School. She said a violation of school board policy sparked the move.

Bethlehem Freedom High School's new Wellness Center is an area where students dealing with any type of emotional issue can go to either decompress alone and/or speak to one of four on-site therapists.

The Parkland School Board recognized student Tushar Mehta after he was chosen as the 2022 Congressional App Challenge Winner for the 7th District.