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A look back at Pennsylvania’s rocky education landscape in 2025

By Christina Lengyel

January 2, 2026 at 12:38 p.m.

A look at the top education issues in Pennsylvania in 2025.

Kelly Flynn, librarian at Orefield Middle School, poses with a copy of “Restart” by Gordon Korman on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at the school in South Whitehall Township. Korman’s book is one of Flynn’s book recommendations for middle-school readers. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Want to read more in the New Year? Lehigh Valley school librarians recommend picks

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas

January 2, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Lehigh Valley school librarians recommend books for elementary, middle and high school audiences.

Matt Germs arranges merchandise Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, at the Lafayette College store in Easton. To mark its bicentennial in 2026 the school is offering themed merchandise such as clothing from Abercrombie & Fitch, special colors from Crayola and Burpee seeds for the Marquis Marigold flowers. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Here’s how Lafayette College is celebrating 200 years — with special merch from Abercrombie & Fitch, Crayola and more

By Graysen Golter

January 1, 2026 at 7:00 a.m.

Get your 200th anniversary merch before it sells out.

LCTI senior Kylie Ackerman takes off painters tape in preparation to paint Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute. Teacher Keith Lyons and LCTI seniors Kylie Ackerman, Aubrie Briody, Solimar Chung and Joney Jones are creating the box to store the 4-foot, 9-inch, 400-pound Peeps chick that gets dropped during ArtsQuest’s annual New Year’s Peepsfest celebration. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

PeepsFest chick to arrive in a fireworks-emblazoned crate created by Lehigh Valley students

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas

December 29, 2025 at 7:01 a.m.

LCTI students designed a new, fireworks-emblazoned crate for the chick that stars in Bethlehem's New...

Moravian Academy seniors Aveer Chadha, Nikhil Skandan and Qayn Jaffer show pictures of an artificial intelligence-powered system called Solvis Pure that uses photos of construction sites to monitor pollutants in runoff Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, at Yourway Transport in Upper Macungie Township. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Can AI protect the water supply? These Lehigh Valley high school students have founded a company around it

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas

December 30, 2025 at 7:46 p.m.

Three 17-year-old Moravian Academy students founded a company that uses AI-powered cameras to alert construction...

FILE – People walk on the Oval at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Oklahoma college instructor is fired after giving failing grade to essay on gender

By Associated Press

December 23, 2025 at 4:41 p.m.

The instructor denied that she had “engaged in any arbitrary behavior regarding the student’s work.”

La Universidad de Harvard en Cambridge, Massachusetts, el 30 de septiembre del 2025. (AP foto/Charles Krupa)

Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026

By Associated Press

December 23, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

The department said it will send notices to approximately 1,000 borrowers the week of Jan....

Two Liberty High School graduates have earned a patent for their design that would make baseball helmets, like the one seen here on Liberty's Franklin Pichardo, safer. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)

These Liberty High grads don’t play baseball, but their patented helmet design could make the game safer

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas

December 23, 2025 at 2:46 p.m.

“They're a true example of kids that had an idea and used science and our...

A school bus carries children at the end of a school day at Sixth Ward Middle School in Thibodaux, La., on Dec, 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)

Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled

By Associated Press

December 22, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

Experts warn that adults are often unprepared for the digital harm caused by such technology.

Outdoor photograph of brick school and brick sign with Lower Gwynedd Elementary on it.

Montco principal accused of antisemitic remarks put on leave

By Rachel Ravina

December 20, 2025 at 12:22 p.m.

A Lower Gwynedd Elementary School principal accused of making antisemitic remarks is being investigated by...

This rendering from KCBA Architects shows the exterior design for a $53 million renovation planned for Allentown’s Bridgeview Academy and presented to the school board on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Courtesy of KCBA Architects)

‘A billboard for innovation’: Architects unveil $53 million renovation plans for Allentown’s Bridgeview Academy

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas

December 19, 2025 at 3:34 p.m.

Allentown's Bridgeview Academy's $53 million renovation will make it a 'billboard for innovation.'

Sacha SanClemente, a student member of the Feeding the Valley club at Southern Lehigh High School, fills a bag with food items Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at the school in Upper Saucon Township. The food is set to be distributed to those in need in the area. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Southern Lehigh student club hits 500-meal donation mark in first semester. ‘You’re able to do so much’

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas

December 19, 2025 at 8:51 a.m.

The Southern Lehigh High School student-led Feeding the Valley club has raised $4,000 and donated...

Students work together on a science, technology, engineering and mathematics challenge, facilitated by the Kentucky Science Center, in Simpsonville Elementary School, Nov. 18, 2025, in Simpsonville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Rural schools hit by Trump’s grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money

By Associated Press

December 18, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

The percentage of federal dollars used in education spending is significantly higher in rural districts.

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