Round Lake 116 schools shut down over concerns about expelled high school student
Doug T. Graham, Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, September 21
Community grapples with slaying of Hillcrest freshman as details emerge from Homecoming night shooting
Hank Sanders, Daily Southtown, Chicago and suburbs, September 20
Accidental activation sent lockdown notification at Dunlap Monday
Sean Lisitza, WMBD, Peoria, September 18
Five students expelled from Alton High after fights
Dylan Suttles, Alton Telegraph, September 19
Districts 123, 122, 229 Unite for Enhanced School Safety
Oak Lawn Patch, September 20
Lake County school districts to use state grants to recruit, retain teachers
Steve Sadin, Lake County News-Sun, September 18
Streator High School Board votes to get rid of block schedule
Derek Barichello, Shaw Media/Illinois Valley, September 20
District 186 school board approves deficit budget; tax shortfall big part of it
Steven Spearie, Springfield State Journal- Register, September 19
Unit 5 adopts 2023-24 budget shored up with working cash reserves
Drew Zimmerman, Bloomington Pantagraph, September 20
Without busing, CPS parents tell board of ed, they’re commuting for hours and risking their jobs
Sarah Macaraeg and Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, September 20
District 186 agrees to license plate reader near Butler Elementary School
Caroleina Hassett, WICS, Springfield, September 18
Parsons scholars ring the bell to celebrate success
Valerie Wells, Decatur Herald and Review, September 14
Yorkville plans new water well on high school property
Mark Foster, Kendall County Now, September 14
River Ridge horticulture students visit vineyard and learn about wine production
Galena Gazette, September 19
'Inundated with interest': Utah-based pickleball company plans major expansion in suburbs
Mick Zawislak, Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, September 19
CPS shortens high school admissions test but pauses plan that would have diversified selective schools
Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times, September 14
Hearings now planned for 15 Alton High students
Ronald DeBrock, Alton Telegraph, September 18
Aurora approves two new TIF districts
Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, September 14
Cahokia moves forward with funding for new high school. How will the district pay for it?
Kelly Smits, Belleville News-Democrat, September 14
Plumbing training course coming to RB High School
Bob Skolnik, Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, September 14
Low literacy rates send Winnebago County into strategy mode
Dillon Valencia, WREX, Rockford, August 30
Liberty Elementary promotes youth literacy with grant
Quincy Herald-Whig, September 7
State Rep. Mayfield behind drafting of Illinois Literacy Plan; ‘I knew we needed to do something’
Steve Sadin, Lake County News-Sun, August 25
A Southern Illinois Community Mourns the Loss of Three High School Students
Jeff Williams, WSIU, Carbondale, September 17
14-year-old Hillcrest High School student killed in shooting after homecoming football game against Oak Forest
Hank Sanders, Daily Southtown, Chicago and suburbs, September 16
Private school leaders fight to save Invest in Kids Act scholarships
Allison Novelo and Tina Sfondeles, Chicago Sun-Times, September 13
Elgin U-46 joins lawsuit targeting social media companies for harming youth
Alicia Fabbre, Daily Herald, September 12
IHSA policy update requires transgender athletes to ask for permission to play
Lauren Warnecke, WGLT, Bloomington, September 12
Scathing new report says American schools are ‘failing the COVID generation’
Zachary Schermele, USA Today, September 13
In Washington, GOP senators grill Alexi Giannoulias over Illinois anti-book-ban law
Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, September 12
Meridian High School's long-awaited ag facility is a reality
Valerie Wells, Decatur Herald and Review, August 31
Paris 95 issues new statement, receives hefty pay-back proposal from ISBE
Robby Tucker, Prairie Press, Paris, September 11
Public will hear pool options for Rock Island-Milan schools
Quad Cities Dispatch-Argus, September 11
'There's no art': How programming changes at some Peoria schools have led to frustration
Leslie Renken, Peoria Journal Star, September 11
USA v. Barbie: Controversy erupts over football game theme at Rolling Meadows High School
Christopher Placek and Charles Keeshan, Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, September 14
Illinois’ Underground Railroad: Stories of escaping enslavement
Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, September 12
Illinois’ Underground Railroad: A glossary of terms to know
Darcel Rockett and Tina E. Akouris, Chicago Tribune, September 11
Keeping track of your kids: Unit 40 rolling out new transportation software
Nick Taylor, Efingham Daily News, September 6
Unit 4's new pitch to new bus drivers: Work for us, get $2,500 sign-on bonus
Jeff D’Alessio, Champaign News-Gazette, September 11
Cary Dist. 26 board to vote again on plan for bus parking at former school site
Michelle Meyer, Shaw Local News Network, Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, September 5
Dennis Lab School celebrates being back in class
Valerie Wells, Decatur Herald and Review, September 8
North Central College teams up with Lake County Regional Office of Education
Lake County Journal/Shaw Media, September 7
Illinois Human Rights Authority issues report on Dunlap school district's special education programming
Tim Shelley, WCBU, Peoria
GCMS approves agreement with city on TIF district funding
Ford County Chronicle, September 4
High schools teach about 9/11 to students with no memory of the day, and sometimes from families who didn’t live here
Alexandra Kukulka, Daily Southtown, Chicago and suburbs
State creates task force to consider merits, needed regulations for AI
Patrick Keck, Springfield State Journal- Register, September 5
'A horrible hoax': School swatting takes phony threats to a new, emotional, costly level
Alicia Fabbre, Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, September 9
Yorkville School Board removes title from English class for being "too controversial"
Ethan Kruger, WSPY, Plano, September 8
Gun storage information should come from school, D97 parents say
Amaris E. Rodriguez, Wednesday Journal, Oak Park, September 8
Regardless of income, all students in Belleville 118, other districts, get meals free
Kelly Smits, Belleville News-Democrat, September 6
Baby Fold offers emotional support training at Fairview Elementary School
Melissa Ellin, WGLT, Normal, September 6
Kankakee Dist.111's transition program finds new home in Meadowview
Stephanie Markham, Kankakee Daily Journal, September 5
Illinois early childhood initiative conducting Jo Daviess online survey
Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, September 5
One way to boost students' scores? Help teachers conquer their math anxiety
Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report/Alton Telegraph, September 5
College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic
Collin Binkley, AP/Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, August 31
Cardona: Fairview after-school program 'example of what we need to see across the country'
Steven Spearie, Springfield State Journal- Register, September 7
Hopes and fears abound as Chicago moves toward an elected school board
Sarah Karp, WBEZ, Chicago, September 7
Teachers call off strike at Chicago art-focused school as agreement nears
Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times, September 6
State funding works to 'balance' disparity in schools
Deborah Gertz Husar, Herald-Whig, Quincy, August 24
Macon County schools to receive additional funding
Valerie Wells, Decatur Herald and Review, August 30
In today’s Leading News, school districts make decisions on safety and security issues. Also in the news, CPS renames a school after a White Sox legend.
Yorkville School District Y115 moving ahead with beefed up security plan
Mark Foster, Kendall County Now, August 30
Alton High installs weapon detectors
Ronald DeBrock, Editor, Alton Telegraph, September 4
Arlington Heights School District 25 board still mulling resource officers for middle school
Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Pioneer Press/Arlington Heights Post, August 29
Unit 40 approves advertising for additional security personnel
Effingham Daily News, September 1
White Sox legend Minnie Minsoo gets Chicago school named for him after CPS drops Civil War general from title
Chicago Tribune, August 17
Alton school fights 'senseless and embarrassing'
Ronald DeBrock, Alton Telegraph, August 31
Peoria Public Schools cancels activities at five schools amid wave of gun violence
JJ Bullock, Peoria Journal Star, August 31
Police arrest four juveniles in connection with fight on Mattoon school bus
Rob Stroud, Journal Gazette and Times Courier, Charleston/Mattoon, August 31
‘Shots fired’ swatting call causes police, parents to descend on Carpentersville high school
Gloria Casas, Elgin Courier-News, August 30
As more teens overdose on fentanyl, schools face a drug crisis unlike any other
Elissa Nadworny and Lee V. Gaines, NPR and NPR Illinois August 30
Faith’s Law aims to shape response, prevent sexual abuse in DeKalb District 428 schools
Megann Horstead, DeKalb Daily Chronicle, August 31
Clinton Board of Education Discusses Bullying Policy
DeWitt Daily News, August 30
Teachers at Chicago art-focused school set strike deadline
Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times, August 31
State leaders announce FFA mental health awareness grant program
Andrew, Adams, CNI/Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, August 29
How to help Libertyville High School students with Butler Lake shoreline restoration
Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, August 28
Leading News
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