<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/04-5-13-Urban.html" dsn="news_releases"><pubDate>5/13/2004 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>PA State System of Higher Education program introduces future teachers to urban classrooms</title><image/><description>Urban schools often have a hard time attracting enough qualified teachers to fully staff their classrooms. In fact, the worst teacher shortages in the state and nation are in inner-city schools.</description><contact>Kevin Hensil, <a href="mailto:khensil@passhe.edu">khensil@passhe.edu</a></contact></item>