Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Public Schools and The Chicago Public Education Fund have announced the acceptance of 36 principals into two of the city’s school leadership…
SPRINGFIELD — A pair of bills aiming to address the state’s teacher shortage passed the Illinois Senate on May 31. Both bills were sponsored by Sen. Andy Manar, a Bunker Hill Democrat….
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…
The number of school districts in Illinois could be reduced by as much as 20 percent, under legislation pending in the state Senate. State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) has proposed…
State Rep. Sue Scherer (D-Decatur) remembers her time as a public school teacher and the continual issue she had with classroom supplies. Early one school year, she broke the stapler…
SPRINGFIELD — The state’s largest teachers’ union on Wednesday, May 22 called on Illinois lawmakers to lift a state-imposed cap on the size of pay raises they can receive, saying…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ new evidence-based school funding model is effectively driving added funding to the state’s neediest school districts, but the state must double its annual…
Picture this: Students going on a family vacation and not being marked absent from school or the school building being closed due to 6 inches of snow falling overnight but no extra…
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Chicago woman charged with killing ...A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Video released from Chicago officers’ ...The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video and other materials ...
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
