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Illinois schools will be required to teach financial literacy skills such as balancing a checkbook and putting money into a savings account this school…
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The Illinois State Board of Education has named 10 finalists for 2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year.State Superintendent Tony Smith says the finalists…
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The Illinois State Board of Education is proposing a new timeline for a federal law that aims to help students pass state exams as well as be proficient…
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The Illinois Senate has approved a two-year property tax freeze. Democratic Senate President John Cullerton of Chicago pushed two property-tax freezes…
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Seventeen school superintendents sued the state of Illinois today. They're asking Governor Bruce Rauner and the state board of education to come up with a…
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10 school districts are participating in a pilot program designed to help the Illinois State Board of Education identify some best practices in…
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The Illinois State Board of Education has voted to approve the settlement of a years-long lawsuit that claimed discriminatory school funding. The board's…
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The Illinois State Board of Education is drafting a plan to implement the federal law that’s replacing No Child Left Behind. Educators have hailed the…
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Illinois education officials are beginning to draft legislation that would prohibit school districts from dropping students from enrollment lists because…
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The head of Chicago Public Schools says Gov. Bruce Rauner's education funding plan is a continuation of a "reverse Robin Hood" education policy where rich…