Editing Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
[[File:Map of Lackawanna County Pennsylvania School Districts.PNG|thumb|upright=1.1|Map of Lackawanna County's public school districts]]
Lackawanna County Workforce investment Board - Scranton

===Colleges and universities===
* [[Johnson College]]
* [[Keystone College]] (also in Wyoming County)
* [[Lackawanna College]]
* [[Marywood University]]
* [[Penn State Scranton]]
* [[Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine]]
* [[University of Scranton]]

===Public K-12 schools===
====Public school districts====
They include:<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42069_lackawanna/DC20SD_C42069.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42069_lackawanna/DC20SD_C42069.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lackawanna County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=January 14, 2021 |accessdate=July 20, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42069_lackawanna/DC20SD_C42069_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Abington Heights School District]]
* [[Carbondale Area School District]]
* [[Dunmore School District]]
* [[Forest City Regional School District]] (also in Susquehanna and Wayne Counties)
* [[Lackawanna Trail School District]] (also in Wyoming County)
* [[Lakeland School District, Pennsylvania|Lakeland School District]]
* [[Mid Valley School District]]
* [[North Pocono School District]] (also in Wayne County)
* [[Old Forge School District]]
* [[Riverside School District (Pennsylvania)|Riverside School District]]
* [[Scranton School District (Pennsylvania)|Scranton School District]]
* [[Valley View School District (Pennsylvania)|Valley View School District]]

====Charter schools====
*[[Fell Charter Elementary School]], Simpson, GR K-8
*[[Howard Gardner]] Multiple Intelligence Charter School, Scranton, GR PreK-8
*[[Scranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children]] – public [[charter school]] offering pre-K through 12th-grade education to eligible deaf and hard-of-hearing children located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania

====Public vocational technology schools====
*Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County

====State-operated schools====
*[[Scranton State School for the Deaf]] was in the county until it closed in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah Hofius |last=Hall |title=Last class graduates from SSSD |url=http://www.scrantontimes.com/news/last_class_graduates_from_sssd |work=The Times-Tribune |date=June 10, 2009 |quote=At the end of the month, the state will transfer control of the school to the private [...] }}</ref>

====Intermediate unit====
Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit #19 (NEIU19) provides a wide variety of specialized services to public and private schools. It serves the school communities of Lackawanna County, Wayne County, and Susquehanna County. NEIU19 is governed by a board of appointed officials one from the elected school board of each member public school district. Among the serves are: professional development programs for school employees, background/criminal screening of public school employment applicants, technology support to the schools, and special education services. The Intermediate Unit coordinates and supervises the Special Education transportation.

===Diocesan schools===
The county is also served by the [[Diocese of Scranton]]. The Diocese of Scranton operates four regional systems of diocesan schools, which were established after the area received hundreds of thousands of Catholic immigrants. The Holy Cross School System serves Lackawanna County, and is currently composed of seven elementary centers and one secondary center. The Holy Cross System is the second-largest of the four systems, and [[Holy Cross High School (Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross High School]] is the only diocesan high school operating a capacity. The Holy Cross System is the result of diocese-wide consolidations made in 2007 in response to decades of declining enrollment as population declined in the area.

As recently as 2000, Lackawanna County was home to four Catholic high schools and nearly fifteen elementary schools. While the current configuration of sites and schools educates a fraction of the students once enrolled in Catholic schools in Lackawanna County, vast improvements have been made to the curriculum. Millions of dollars of capital gains have been invested in the buildings and technologies of the schools. As part of the ongoing effort to stabilize enrollment and offer a sustainable school system which is "spiritually sound and academically excellent", the Holy Cross System is embarking on a more aggressive advertising campaign to promote Catholic education and establish stronger and more diverse programs at the elementary level.

Sacred Heart Elementary in [[Carbondale, Pennsylvania|Carbondale]] and Marian Catholic Elementary in [[Scranton]] were closed in 2011 and were incorporated into LaSalle Academy and All Saint's Academy, respectively. This cut the costs of sustaining two faculties and buildings which collectively operated at less than 50% capacity. It bolstered the enrollments of the hubs of elementary education. 
*[[Holy Cross High School (Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross High School]], Dunmore
*Our Lady of Peace Elementary, Clarks Green
*St. Mary of Mount Carmel Elementary, Dunmore
*LaSalle Academy, Dickson City and Jessup
*All Saints Academy, Scranton
*St. Clare/St. Paul Elementary, Scranton

===Private schools===
As reported by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edna.ed.state.pa.us|author=PDE|title=Education Names & Addresses|access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429195913/http://www.edna.ed.state.pa.us/|archive-date=April 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*Abington Christian School, Clarks Green, GR PreK-8 (Affiliated with the [[Assemblies of God]])
*Bais Yaakov of Scranton, GR 9-12 (All girls Jewish school)
*DePaul School for [[Dyslexia]], Scranton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allied-services.org/our-services/community-services/depaul-school-for-dyslexia/ |title=DePaul School for Dyslexia - Allied Services |access-date=September 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806084127/http://www.allied-services.org/our-services/community-services/depaul-school-for-dyslexia/ |archive-date=August 6, 2012 }}</ref>
*Friendship House
*Geneva Christian School, Olyphant, GR PreK-8
*Giant Steps Child Development Center – Carbondale
*Kinder Kampus Preparatory Preschool, Archbald, PreK
*Little People Daycare School, Scranton, GR PreK-KG
*Lourdesmont School, Scranton, Special Education (Roman Catholic)
*Lutheran Academy – Scranton, GR PreK-6
*Marywood – Tony Damiano Early Childhood Center, Scranton, GR PreK-KG
*Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School, Scranton, GR 9-12 (All boys Jewish school)
*Montessori Kindergarten, Scranton, GR PreK-KG
*New Story, Throop, Special Education
*NHS Autism School, Scranton, Special Education
*Northeast Child Care Services – Archbald
*Pocono Mountain Bible Conference – Gouldsboro
*Revival Baptist Christian School, Scranton, GR K-12
*Scranton Hebrew Day School, Scranton, GR K-8
*Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton, GR 9-12 (Affiliated with the [[Society of Jesus]])
*St. Gregory's Early Childhood Center, Clarks Green, GR PreK-KG
*St. Stanislaus Elementary School, Scranton, GR K-8 ([[Polish National Catholic Church]])
*Summit Christian Academy, South Abington Township, PreK-12
*Triboro Christian Academy, Old Forge, K-12, It participates in the state's [[Pennsylvania System of School Assessment]] (PSSA) annual testing

===Libraries===
[[File:Abingtons Community Library Clarks Summit PA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Abington Community Library in [[Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania|Clarks Summit]]]]
*Abington Community Library – Clarks Summit
*Carbondale Public Library – Carbondale
*Children's Library – Scranton
*Dalton Community Library – Dalton
*Nancy Kay Holmes Branch – Scranton
*North Pocono Public Library – Moscow
*Scranton Public Library – Scranton
*Taylor Community Library – Taylor
*Valley Community Library – Peckville
*Waverly Memorial Library – Waverly