Education

Illinois’ new evidence-based school funding model is effectively driving added funding to the state’s neediest school districts, but the state...

Illinois’ five-hour classroom time mandate would be reinstated, but school districts would still be able to maintain and expand e-learning...

Higher education officials defended Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed $137 million increase in higher education funding for next year before a...

During just her third day on the job, Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Carmen Ayala told a Senate appropriations...

With talk of the first capital bill in nearly a decade permeating the Capitol, representatives of the state’s public universities...

A bill that would require school textbooks purchased with certain state funds to highlight the contributions of LGBT individuals to...

A proposal to automatically admit students to any public college or university in Illinois if they meet certain standards is...

State Sen. Dan McConchie can relate to how the two state managed college savings programs can help Illinois families.

The minimum wage for Illinois teachers has been stagnant for nearly 40 years, but a bill which passed the state...

The director of a state-run college savings program urged Illinois lawmakers to back the program with the “full faith and...