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The state has some of the most aggressive protections for transgender people in the country, but the issue still generates controversy here.Illinois, with…

Current state law prohibits people with felony records from working in a school, or volunteering, or even driving a truck that makes deliveries to a…

Illinois requires high school students take four years of gym class, but a proposal in the Illinois Senate could allow some students to opt out.Senate…

Bet many of you didn’t know that the state of Illinois has the power to take over your local schools.As in - fire school board members - even those you…

Benjamin Churchill has been spending extra time with his daughter at the computer lately. Quinn, 8, will be taking her first state exam this school year,…

But, just as they’ve failed in the past, Illinois policymakers have again fallen far short of the goals laid out in the 2002 Education Funding Advisory…

The job of a school nurse is changing. More students suffer from complicated medical problems related to asthma, diabetes and obesity. And more health…

At a minimum, lawmakers will need to agree this spring on how much to spend on elementary and secondary education this next fiscal year. They could, as…

It’s not clear whether the governor gets his breakfast cereal in those oversized boxes that line the aisles of no-frills superstores. But when it comes to…

Phyllis Hopwood sent all six of her children to Steward Elementary School. She has taught her neighbors’ children in the tiny schoolhouse for almost three…