Teachers

The 2023-2024 school year has already begun for many families across the Hoosier State but there's still a teacher shortage. The July jobs report is out and Fed Chair Jerome Powell is hopeful inflation will be curbed. A Region native who made the decision to head out on a trek from his hometown to Florida…all in an effort to serve as a symbol of hope, faith and perseverance.

Northwest Indiana schools are getting grant funding to help them attract and retain teachers. The Indiana Department of Education says Valparaiso University and 11 school districts were awarded $223,770 from the Attract, Prepare, Retain program. That money can be used to give high school students the opportunity to earn college credit for education programs and encourage people from underrepresented groups to become teachers, among other uses.

MERRILLVILLE - Frank Mrvan, First District Member of Congress, had a conversation with Lakeshore Public Radio Show Host/Reporter Sharon Jackson about his…

WE ARE NOW IN THE 9TH MONTH OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.AND RIGHT NOW – THE DISEASE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING UP.IT CONTINUES TO CAUSE HAVOC WITH THE ECONOMY…

Today on Off Mic: To Teach or Not to Teach in the Fall?With COVID-19 cases going up in Indiana, the big debate is whether children will be back in class?…

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A vast majority of Indiana's school districts are still struggling to find qualified teachers amid the state's lingering teacher…