(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 ...

Teacher Laura Kangay, (center) helps a student with his reading at Lincoln Middle School Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) This story originally appeared on The ...

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 ...

Fifteen students at Gwynedd Mercy University received student-teaching stipends as part of the PA Student Teacher Support Program.

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 ...

A Pennsylvania state agency received thousands of applications Thursday for the state's first-ever student-teacher stipends, many times more than the available stipends approved by lawmakers last year ...

BARB. LORI THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION IS AT STAKE. TEACHER SHORTAGE IS LEADING TO LARGER CLASSROOM SIZES AS WELL AS FEWER QUALIFIED TEACHERS HERE AT SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP. THEY HAVE CREATED ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Education will be reducing the wait time for new teachers to receive their certification. An educator can now expect their certification to be processed by approximately ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The processing timeline to for teacher certifications is decreasing. The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced Thursday that processing timelines for In-State Level I ...