teacher shortage

National education leaders met in Chicago to talk about teacher shortages.They say Illinois is a leader in trying to solve it, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.

The Illinois Education Association released the results of its annual “State of Education” survey. Peter Medlin has more on what Illinois residents had to say.

Is there a teacher shortage in Illinois? Which school positions are hard to staff? Did a ton of teachers leave the field during the pandemic? WNIJ's Peter Medlin spoke with Robin Steans of Advance Illinois – a nonpartisan education policy organization -- about their new report “The State of Our Educator Pipeline 2023” that set out to answer those questions and more.

The 3rd COVID-affected school year starts soon. And schools are scrambling to fill positions.

Ninety-three percent of schools said they have a problem finding substitutes to fill in when teachers are unavailable. There was a shortage before the…

Morelia Garcia was helping an afterschool program at her high school when the principal walked by. He started asking her the sorts of questions everyone…

The Illinois State Board of Education released an interactive report showing how teacher preparation programs across the state are performing.The Illinois…

On a new episode of Teachers' Lounge: Lynne Ravas. She’s a recently retired English teacher who taught across the country. Lynne also has family --…

Illinois has had a shortage of teachers for years now, and that extends to substitutes. But, during the pandemic, that pool of subs has dwindled even…

Illinois is in the middle of a severe teacher shortage, which also extends to substitute teachers. That problem has gotten much worse during the…