Students in Illinois unable to pay for their lunch would not be singled out or treated any differently, according to proposed legislation. In many school districts, students who are…
Are teachers at Niles West and Niles North high schools in Cook County twice as valuable as teachers in Peoria County’s Princeville High School? Not according to data from the Illinois…
Truancy today goes way behind students skipping out of school to catch a ballgame. An expert on truancy says that a host of issues goes into students’ unexcused absences. “You need…
The Illinois State Board of Education released ranked annual financial reports for every school district in the state based on 2016 numbers on April 13. In spite of economic uncertainty,…
The lawmakers tasked with fixing how Illinois distributes funds to its public schools want to keep a laser-like focus, but that means a lot of other school funding issues are being…
Fourth in an ongoing series examining mental health issues and public schools. Students at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools are regularly put into cabs and sent for mental…
Three men who grew up not too far from each other, in Township HS District 214, have been instrumental in developing a Religious Studies supplement included in national curriculum guidelines…
Whatever happened to shop class in Illinois? One business owner is asking that question as he looks to fill openings at his central Illinois print shop. Tom Mercer, CEO at Bloomington…
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