COLUMBUS, Ohio - The number of background checks performed by the state for substitute teachers has skyrocketed in recent years after state lawmakers loosened requirements to enter the profession.

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Multiple teachers at Creative Learning Lab Academy tell WPTV they didn’t receive legally required background checks before they started working with children as young as ...

The man accused of a grisly double murder at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas had passed background checks at different school districts throughout the nation. Andrew James McGann, 28, is charged ...

Louisiana educators will soon have to undergo a criminal background check before they can receive their teaching license in a move intended to make it more difficult for would-be teachers with prior ...

So many teachers are calling out sick that state employees are now encouraged to substitute teach. But who's paying for the required background checks? It's not something that the state pays for.

Delays in the processing of criminal background checks for teachers are aggravating Louisiana's educator shortage, state officials say. Cade Brumley, state superintendent of education, said when he ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD)- A now fired substitute teacher, who was arrested on Thursday for public intoxication at an elementary school, had shoplifting charges that went unchecked by her employer. ...

America's education system is in crisis in part because of a massive teacher shortage — a problem many experts and analysts say is likely to get worse before it gets better. One teacher on TikTok ...