
Illinois wants to revamp how reading is taught. Lawmakers want to give it a deadline.
Amid a national crusade around how reading is taught, lawmakers are weighing a bill to give Illinois until 2024 to come up with a new plan.
Amid a national crusade around how reading is taught, lawmakers are weighing a bill to give Illinois until 2024 to come up with a new plan.
Some existing lessons on Native American history are incomplete and possibly inaccurate, according to many Indigenous people.
As Illinois’ legal pot industry and the demand for educated workers grow, schools and companies are collaborating on marijuana classes.
The Chicago area has tons of bike and pedestrian trails built on old train and canal paths. More are coming to Bronzeville and Englewood.
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Families who participate say it’s been essential for their children, while others say it hurts the public schools that most students attend.
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The Illinois State Board of Education admits it overspent and now can’t renew federal grants for some long-standing after-school programing.
Federal COVID-19 funding for primary and secondary schools allowed CPS to increase its school budgets. Over the past two years, CPS has added nearly $400 million to its school budget.
Faculty and staff will return to classrooms at the Far South Side campus on Monday after reaching a tentative deal with CSU administrators.