Mid Year Media Review
As Illinois districts grapple with a school bus driver shortage, they are finding creative ways to fill vacancies: from using federal emergency funding for sign-up bonuses to hanging out at … Read More
At Carlyle Community School District 1, a downstate district on probation for violating the Illinois mask mandate, 40 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 200 students are … Read More
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that K-12 teachers, higher education employees, college students, and all healthcare providers will be required to get the coronavirus vaccine beginning Sept. 5. A statewide indoor … Read More
Dozens of Illinois districts have been placed under probation for refusing to comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s universal mask mandate for preschool through high school. Forty-one of the state’s 852 … Read More
One Illinois superintendent told the state board of education that she had to request police presence in her district because the debate over masking in schools has grown so heated. … Read More
As Illinois school districts prepare to reopen for classes, many are grappling with how to offer remote learning for students with medical conditions and other learning needs while following a … Read More
Illinois students and school staff in K-12 and early childhood care centers will be required to wear masks indoors, under a new mandate from Gov. J.B Pritzker. The mask mandate, … Read More
Chicago’s charter schools enroll a higher percentage of students with disabilities than traditional public schools, but there is no way to track how much funding goes to those students’ education, … Read More
After saying earlier in the summer that masks are optional for vaccinated students and staff, Illinois is now recommending that schools set universal masking rules indoors. The state quickly adopted … Read More
