Misericordia University and the Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 are starting an apprenticeship-style program for special education paraprofessionals to become certified teachers while still working ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Pennsylvania’s Department of Education (PDE) has said that teachers are now spending less time waiting for their certificates and more time in the classroom. The Department of ...

Desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa. With a record number of teachers leaving Pennsylvania classrooms, Point Park University is developing an on-the-job ...

Take the lead in closing the achievement gap. Data from National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows that on average, 50 percent of children are at or below the basic level of literacy ...

In some school districts, more new teachers have emergency permits than have traditional certifications. As Pennsylvania continues to look for solutions to the nationwide teacher shortage, a state ...

In an effort to boost the number of teachers in Pennsylvania schools amid a national educator shortage, the state's Department of Education unveiled a three-year strategic plan aiming to remove ...

Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage is worsening, with the state’s education programs producing a record-low number of certified teachers in the 2021-22 school year, according to a new analysis. Just ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A new program called "BridgeUP" is working to address the major teacher shortage in western Pennsylvania by helping people already working in support roles in schools to get a ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in Philadelphia on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Carmen Russell-Sluchansky/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what ...