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 ...

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 is certifying only about 5,000 teachers a year — roughly a quarter of the number it did a decade ago. A new stipend program hopes to help turn that around. "One of the biggest workforce ...

In 2012, nearly 12,000 students completed teacher certification programs; by 2014, this had dropped to 8,555 students. The creation of a new “Middle Years” (grade 4-8) certification category in ...

As local school districts scramble to find teachers and substitute teachers, a bill that would make it easier for out-of-state educators to work in Pennsylvania has received unanimous support from ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania has allocated a total of $30 million to a stipend program for student teachers, but the funding will cover only about half of the students who applied for it. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed off ...

Supported by a $1.2 million grant from the Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP), Drexel University’s School of Education will create a new pipeline of dual-certified, Middle-Years teachers, trained ...