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The agency overseeing what’s been dubbed the nation’s worst-funded public-school system plans to hire “storytellers” to relay tales of successes in…
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The Illinois State Board of Education voted unanimously to ask the General Assembly to practically double state funding for public schools.Last summer,…
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If you’ve seen Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign commercials, you might think the school funding issue was settled last summer. But as often happens with…
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The Illinois legislature passed a new school funding formula this summer. The state’s public schools chief says there’s a lot left to be done to make it…
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Three years after Illinois changed how science would be taught and tested, performance data still isn't available because schools haven't seen science…
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The Illinois State Board of Education releases its 2016 report cards today. They analyze how well the state’s public schools are educating Illinois…
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One of the few areas that's been exempt from the state's budget impasse -- now in its ninth month -- is public schools, the institutions that prepare…
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The Illinois State Board of Education is analyzing a proposal to transform the state’s school funding formula.At the board’s meeting yesterday,…
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Most school districts in Illinois would get an increase in state aid if a budget request approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education is…
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About half of Illinois high school graduates who went on to enroll in community colleges had to take remedial courses, according to a report released by…