Mid Year Media Review
Concerned that the state’s existing standardized test won’t adequately capture pandemic losses and eager to streamline the number of tests that students take, Illinois wants to sign a new contract … Read More
The Illinois legislature ended a long spring session with a raft of education bills heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk that will shape what students statewide are taught in classrooms. … Read More
The Illinois General Assembly blew past a midnight deadline but lawmakers emerged in the early morning hours with a deal that includes $350 million more for K-12 schools. The state … Read More
During an overtime legislative session full of surprises, the Illinois Senate on Tuesday night passed a last-minute compromise plan that would establish elections for Chicago’s Board of Education by 2024. … Read More
Keji Akinremi and Halima Ahmed, sophomores at Sullivan High School, have watched classmates grapple with the traumas of the past year: The Covid-19 pandemic. Police brutality. Homelessness. Those struggles won’t … Read More
Illinois school districts will have to reopen school buildings to students this fall with few exceptions for remote learning. On Wednesday, the state board of education voted unanimously to pass … Read More
Momentum is building behind a senate bill that would allow community colleges to create bachelor’s degree programs for child care workers. Illinois advocates and state legislators are rallying support for … Read More
