Education and Family

At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Dr. Derrick Booth, the outgoing Director of Social/Emotional Learning and the Wraparound Center, led a presentation from community partners who offer services from the Wraparound Center, including OSF HealthCare and FamilyCore.

Six Peoria Public Schools students are heading to the West Coast to compete in a national speech tournament.

The Grow Your Own Teacher program at Peoria Public Schools will add four more graduates by the end of the current school year.

At Monday night’s meeting, the Peoria Public Schools board, on a 5-2 vote, approved the extension through June 2026. Board members Chase Klaus and Dr. Anni Reinking voted "no."

The new program will create space for up to 25 teachers in District 150 to participate in a two-year cohort to receive a master's degree in urban education.

Administration and representatives from the Peoria Federation of Teachers will meet with a federal mediator today.

Teen pregnancy doesn't mean education has to stop for the parents, and that's certainly true for teen moms in Peoria, because of the work of the Westminster Infant Care Center.

With the election about one month away, three candidates vying for two spots on the Peoria Public Schools Board of Education gathered Thursday night to take questions regarding the current state of Peoria’s public school system.

As the 2021-2022 school year comes to a close, Peoria Public Schools highlighted three alternative education programs within the District at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting.

Solar panels at Woodruff Career and Technical Center are now active and producing energy.