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President of the Springfield Education Association Aaron Graves and Vice President Leslie Termine sat down with co-host Vanessa Ferguson to discuss challenges in education including literacy rates, behavioral challenges and worker shortages. Graves and Termine also shared the rewarding aspects of education and how fellow teachers support each other.

The first year of teaching is a little bit like jumping into the ocean. You can practice in a swimming pool and pretend you’re in the ocean. You can sit…

Jim Melvin is finally fulfilling a lifelong dream. He's a rookie in the classroom, but a seasoned veteran at real life. At age 59, he's in his first full…

Illinois' largest public pension fund hit a major low in 2012, its rate of return was less than one percent. But an early analysis shows the last fiscal…

Three years ago, Gov. Pat Quinn was preparing to sign legislation that would tie teachers’ performance evaluations to the growth of their students. It was…

I have to say that I don’t believe any of the above. But I may be in the minority. In Illinois and across America, teachers have become the scapegoat for…

When Tom Bremer got word that he would not be back teaching art at Elgin High School next year, he was frustrated. He taught there four years and worked…

Our editorial offices are in a flat-roofed, one-story building tucked away on the far east side of the campus of the University of Illinois at…

Close your eyes and envision your workplace — the office, the shop floor, wherever. Now mentally rate your co-workers. Are they all doing an OK job? Or is…

Kara Schlink says she can't remember wanting to do anything but teach. So it was natural to enter the teacher education program at Illinois State…