Tag: teacher shortage

Rural Illinois schools face a deepening teacher shortage, relying on retirees, alternative certifications, and fast-track pathways to fill gaps.

Illinois schools address a persistent teacher shortage through policy changes, alternative hiring measures, and state funding.

Cost of teaching degree followed by low pay, benefits, seen as obstacles

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday highlighted a proposed grant program that would direct $70 million per year over the next ...

Illinois schools are still grappling with a teacher shortage that seems to only be getting worse, a recent survey by ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of bills Wednesday aimed at easing the state’s shortage of teachers and other education ...

The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would reimburse public school teachers for tuition and mandatory fees paid to ...

Illinois Senate Democrats outlined legislation during a Thursday news conference that aims to address the ongoing teacher shortage throughout the ...

Two bills aimed at relieving the state’s teacher shortage, at least in the short term, advanced out of a Senate ...

There was once a time when Kristen Holly might see more than 200 applicants for a single elementary teaching position. ...