illinois board of education

Community

Fiscal Year 2024 Higher Education State Budget is Largest in Decades

Silence DoGood - June 9, 2023

The increase to MAP funding by $100 million takes another giant step toward ensuring higher education is affordable for students across Illinois... #highereducation

Community

Pritzker Touts $70 Million Plan for Addressing Teacher Shortage

Nika Schoonover | Capitol News Illinois - March 5, 2023

“Our collective goals are to make sure we have enough great teachers in every classroom.” #illinois #teachers

Community

Report Shows Illinois Students Are Failing to Meet Standards

Andrew Hensel | The Center Square - February 21, 2023

The report by Wirepoints shows that 53 schools do not have any student who can do math at their grade level and that at 30 schools no student can read at grade level. #education #schools

Politics

Media literacy requirement, animal products ban among latest 53 bills signed by Pritzker

Silence DoGood - July 13, 2021

Media literacy requirement, animal products ban among latest 53 bills signed by Pritzker (Springfield, IL) - Public high schools in Illinois will soon be required to teach students how to access and evaluate various kinds of news and social media they see online and elsewhere as part of their regular curriculum.

illinois board of education

Latest news

Clark Steps Down from Thornton Township Race

Rita Named Deputy Majority Leader

Will County Republicans Condemn Democrat Leaders

Chicagoland Black Chamber Reacts to Discriminatory “DEI” Programs that Continue to Discriminate Against Black Businesses

Bally’s Chicago Casino Launches Anti-Human Trafficking Employee Training Program