HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania is taking bold action to combat its teacher shortage crisis, unveiling a $4.2 million grant opportunity to expand its Certified Teacher Registered Apprenticeship (CTRA) ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

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 ...

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 ...