HARRISBURG, PA — In a sweeping effort to cut red tape and strengthen Pennsylvania’s education workforce, the Shapiro Administration has rolled out major upgrades to college transfer tools and teacher ...

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 ...

KUTZTOWN, Pa - Kutztown University has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to help ...

Eastern University ranks eighth out of 25 schools listed on TeachingCertificationDegrees.com’s list of the Fastest Alternative Teaching Certification Programs in Pennsylvania for 2025. With a 12-month ...

(WHTM) — It seems teacher shortages continue to impact schools across Pennsylvania each year. Schools are really concerned and so is the teachers’ union. “Between 2012 and 2013 and now there has been ...

The Teacher Residency program at Drexel University is an accelerated, hybrid, one-year teacher preparation experience unlike any other. Teacher residency programs aim to prepare teachers for ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...