(WHTM) — Pennsylvania got new laws that aim to combat the teacher shortage, make it easier for military parents who are deployed to retain custody of their child and to terminate guardianship for ...

(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania lawmaker says he will introduce a bill that would drastically cut teacher certification fees. State Representative Peter Schweyer (D-134) said this legislation is part of a ...

FILE - An empty elementary school classroom is seen on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York. One Republican state lawmaker says suing Pennsylvania over its culturally-relevant ...

A classroom at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. According to Teach Plus, a nonprofit education advocacy group, the statewide teacher shortage is more acute in special ...

Standing in the shadow of Reading High School on Thursday morning, Andrea Jeronimo cracked a sly, knowing smiling. She told the crowd gathered on the stairs in front of the castle-like structure that ...

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 ...

Schools in Westmoreland County are struggling to fill special education teaching positions. They’re not alone. More than 2,000 teaching positions were vacant in Pennsylvania as of October, according ...