SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Feb. 15 laid out a $49.6 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that calls for significant new spending for early…
SPRINGFIELD – A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education room on Wednesday, Aug 18 as many more stood outside the building to protest the state’s new indoor…
SPRINGFIELD – State education officials made their case Thursday, April 1 for a funding increase above and beyond what Gov. J.B. Pritzker has recommended, arguing that schools need…
SPRINGFIELD – Public K-12 schools statewide were instructed to begin remote learning days Tuesday until in-person instruction can resume, and standardized testing in the state is…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday, May 19 calling on all public schools to return to in-person learning during the upcoming…
SPRINGFIELD – One of the state’s largest teachers’ unions said Monday, July 20 that most schools in Illinois are not yet ready to reopen for in-person teaching in the fall and…
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