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 — A big deterrent keeping out-of-state teachers from applying for Pennsylvania certification, according to Senator Camera Bartolotta, is the process. Right now, in order to be certified ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

That’s why Pennsylvania’s Attract-Prepare-Retain initiative—which personalizes mentoring and support for special education ...

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 ...