A shortage of teachers in Illinois public schools isn’t quite as severe in the suburban Cook County districts that participated in a new study from a regional superintendents group….
SPRINGFIELD — A shortage of full-time and substitute teachers reported throughout Illinois is worse in the west central region than anywhere else in the state, according to a new…
Editor’s Note: Belleville News-Democrat education reporter and Report For America corps member Megan Valley contributed to this story. SPRINGFIELD – Hiring teachers is even more…
The inspiring tale of the Napa, California boy of 9 who used his accumulated $75 allowance to bail out the lunch debt of his less-fortunate schoolmates burned up the interwebs recently….
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…
Editor’s Note: Lee Enterprises reporters Lenore Sobota, Kelsey Watznauer and Lyndsay Jones of The Pantagraph in Bloomington; Valerie Wells of the Herald & Review in Decatur; and…
SPRINGFIELD — Some teachers in Illinois will get a pay raise starting next year, thanks to a bill that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday, Aug. 22. House…
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….
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