SPRINGFIELD – Students with special needs will be able to finish their last year of high school regardless of when their birthday falls on the calendar, while those who lost a year…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday, April 16 that $1.6 billion in federal funding will be allocated toward early childhood education and child care providers in Illinois….
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers may soon consider legislation to lower the state’s compulsory attendance law to include 5-year-olds, a measure advocates see as a way to expand…
SPRINGFIELD — A new report from the Illinois State Board of Education says the vast majority of children who entered kindergarten last year lacked many of the skills and developmental…
At the recently opened Easterseals Central Illinois Autism Learning Center in Bloomington, where a ceremonial ribbon-cutting was held June 27, the special emphasis is on ‘learning.’…
SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would allow community colleges to grant bachelor’s degrees for early childhood education is awaiting consideration before the Senate Higher Education Committee….
SPRINGFIELD — The number of Illinois children entering kindergarten who are fully prepared to start school grew for the second consecutive year in 2019, a possible indication that…
SPRINGFIELD — A pair of reports released this week offered supporting arguments for one of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s top priorities: increasing investment in early childhood…
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