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Gov. Bruce Rauner has claimed his top accomplishment of last year was transforming the way Illinois funds public schools. But the dollars pledged by that…
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Nearly 90,000 students in schools across Illinois do not have access to high-speed internet, preventing them from participating in modern classroom…
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Last week, Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto authority to make big changes to a small clean-up bill that’s necessary to enact school funding reform.…
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If you’ve seen Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign commercials, you might think the school funding issue was settled last summer. But as often happens with…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has boasted that fixing Illinois’ woefully inequitable school funding formula was his top accomplishment of the past year. But…
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Many of us enjoy a party on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, but for a few wealthy Illinois residents, Jan. 2 will be the day to celebrate. Beginning at…
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Illinois lawmakers ended the state budget impasse and made big changes to how the state pays for public schools. The state also wrestled with the debate…
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Commentary: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Madigan fixation may reflect how little the governor has to show for his first three years in office.In November, 2014,…
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The debate over school funding dominated much of the legislative session, and concluded with a compromise plan designed to send more state funds to the…
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Illinois’ new school funding plan — approved in August and hailed as a historic change — relies on the legislature to give every school the same state aid…