The Shapiro Administration this week announced updates to the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) website that will make it easier than ever for aspiring educators to become a certified ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...