teacher shortage

Michigan school districts are struggling to fill staff positions, including teaching ones, as teachers see more options.

Eastpointe Middle School moved to virtual learning last week, after several teachers resigned, leaving the school short-staffed.

The Michigan Department of Education is offering an option to help school districts deal with what State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice calls a "critical…

Teachers from across the state weighed in on how to stop Michigan’s teacher shortage. Finding ways to reduce the financial burden on educators is their…

A new report lays out the specifics behind a widely-acknowledged problem in Michigan school districts—they can’t find enough substitute teachers, and the…

Today on Stateside, the use of long-term, uncertified substitute teachers has increased tenfold in the past five years. We talk to the Bridge Magazine…

Summer is winding down. Parents and kids are out doing their back-to-school shopping. But many school districts in Michigan are still trying to find…

Michigan school districts are still racing to fill teaching positions before the new school year starts.The Michigan Department of Education hosted a…

The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) has been through its first count day of the school year. It’s an important day, because the number…

Nearly every school district in the nation uses the same type of salary schedule to pay its teachers -- a schedule with "steps" and "lanes" that pays…