Sterling Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Sara Dail said SPS University was created to address a decline in the number of teachers applying to work at Sterling schools.

As states across the nation struggle to staff schools, many Illinois teachers say they are considering leaving the profession, a recent poll shows.

Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact.

The teacher shortage has grown “exponentially” since the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools started publishing an annual Illinois Educator Shortage Survey, according to Shawn Walsh, Will County regional superintendent of schools.

It's not unusual for school districts to have some openings when school begins. It is unusual to have many.

Illinois has a teacher shortage, and money alone won’t fix the problem.

Minooka resident teaches students in Georgia through a livesteam program - and prefers it to in-classroom teaching

Substitute teacher positions, specialty teaching positions hard to fill in Grundy County

Will County seeing 'shrinking number of qualified candidates' applying for certain teaching positions