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With most lawsuits, you can read the pleadings and decide who’s the bad guy. But in this case filed by the Children's Habilitation Center, I can’t find a…
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Most press conferences don’t provide breakfast pastries. But in mid-May, when the University of Illinois announced that every public four-year college in…
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Midstate College President Meredith Bunch says low and declining enrollment has forced the sudden closure of the 131-year-old private institution in...
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Illinois has 852 school districts — the third highest number of any state in the nation. Some are just single schools, with fewer than a hundred students.…
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A few months ago, the Illinois State Board of Education voted to ask lawmakers for $15.6 billion to fund public schools. Now, a newly appointed board…
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Graduate students who work as research assistants alongside university professors could win the right to go on strike. Current law excludes them from…
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Almost two years after Illinois overhauled its school funding formula, educators are still trying to tie up a few loose ends that got overlooked in the…
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Ro’Derick Zavala grew up in Chicago at 21st and State Street — the northern tip of a four-mile corridor lined with 8,000 units of public housing. His…
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lllinois has historically ranked second in the nation when it comes to high school graduates leaving the state to go to college. But there's good news for…
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A new Illinois law will give gifted children the chance to move ahead in public schools. The Illinois Accelerated Placement Act, just signed into law,…