teacher shortage

Schools in many parts of Michigan are struggling to keep up with teacher vacancies and answer criticism over teacher salaries. Here, a close look at one of West Michigan's biggest districts.

A report from Education Trust-Midwest shows districts with more resources are able to attract and retain teachers, while students in high-poverty districts are more likely to learn from a beginning teacher.

State Superintendent Michael F. Rice says nearly a billion dollars in teacher training and retention funding is starting to have an impact.

A new law allows retired teachers to be temporarily rehired six months after their retirement date, without losing some of their income from pensions or forfeiting other retirement benefits.

Teachers Live Here is a program started by Holland Public Schools to help district teachers make a downpayment on a house.

The Michigan Senate Education Committee heard testimony this week from the bills' sponsors and some educators.

Organizers say the consortium behind the partnership is the largest education collaboration of its kind in state history, encompassing 39 school districts with more than a million students.

The state Senate has voted for a bill to encourage recently retired teachers to return as substitutes. The aim is to help fill a shortage of school workers.

Michigan's House Education Committee is considering a bill that would allow current college students to teach classes on their own.

Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill into law that allows other school employees to work as substitute teachers until the end of the current school year.