Educators from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are trying to find solutions to the teacher shortage in Pennsylvania, which some are calling “a crisis.” At a summit Monday, educators, experts, and advocates shared ideas and talked about initiatives that are working to get high-quality educators into the classroom. They also talked about the reason for the teacher shortages, which include salary, behavior and mental health challenges in the classroom and difficulty in obtaining certification. There are only about five-thousand teachers in Pennsylvania as of last year, down from 17-thousand about ten years ago.