Three years ago, Brittany Green walked into one of the lowest-performing schools in the state where there were more students suspended than attaining state education goals. Green observed…
SPRINGFIELD — A new report from an independent policy and advocacy organization is calling for increased state investment in public education in Illinois, particularly in early childhood…
SPRINGFIELD — A bill making school districts that teach sex education give a fuller definition of sexual consent is on its way to the governor to be signed into law. House Bill 3550,…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ five-hour classroom time mandate would be reinstated, but school districts would still be able to maintain and expand e-learning and internship programs…
By the start of the summer, Mundelein Elementary School District 75 is hoping to embark on new journey that will bring it an alternative energy source through the use of solar panels,…
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education has scheduled four hearings in different parts of the state to gather input in the coming weeks for its budget request that will…
SPRINGFIELD — As discussions of the state’s first capital improvements bill in more than a decade continue, a new coalition launched an effort Wednesday, May 1 to increase the focus…
With the severe winter storm and dangerous cold moving in this week and Gov. J.B. Pritzker making declaring a statewide disaster situation, schools, government offices, nonprofit agencies…
