teacher shortage

SIU along with Shawnee and John A Logan Community College and several high schools in the region formed the Southern Illinois Future Teachers Coalition.

Illinois State Board of Education announces Teacher Residency Planning Grant.

Measure heads to Senate for further consideration

An update from across Illinois, from Capitol News Illinois

Problems made worse by pandemic

Following a February survey of school districts that illustrated a persistent teacher shortage in the state, the Illinois Association of Regional…

A new survey of Illinois school districts shows most are continuing to have trouble filling open teaching positions with qualified teachers and even more…

Illinois had about 4,000 unfilled school jobs open last fall, and that shortage is expected to be greater this year because of the pandemic. The...

WSIU's Brad Palmer talks with Natalie Fry, the principal and curriculum coordinator at Harrisburg East Side Intermediate School, about distance learning…

In an attempt to relieve Illinois' severe teacher shortage, state lawmakers last year voted to remove a requirement known as the "basic skills test."...