In today’s Leading News, students walk out in support of abuse victims. Also in the news, an agreement in Cahokia Unit SD 187.
Hundreds of Lincoln Park High students walk out in solidarity with Jane Doe in Cornell rape case
Misha Manjuran Oberoi, Chicago Sun-Times, October 8
‘We need to be speaking out’: High school, college students across Illinois protest sexual violence
Kate Perez, Allison Kiehl, and Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, October 8
‘We need to start to protect children’: Lawmaker calls for closing ‘loophole’ after teacher arrests
Joseph States, Chicago Tribune/Daily Herald, September 30
To protect students, PBL schools to require ID from visitors, mandated reporter training for subs, volunteers
Will Brumleve, Ford County Chronicle, September 17
Cahokia teachers approve new contract to avert strike
Katie Grawitch, St. Louis Public Radio/Belleville News Democrat, October 8
In today’s Leading News, education issues making a national splash these days include AI, book bans, the first CPS school board election, and a next-level, all-girls robotics team from Neuqua Valley High School and Indian Prairie CUSD 204.
Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them
Lee V. Gaines, NPR, September 28
Helpful or harmful? When it comes to AI and young kids, experts have these tips for parents
Hannah Grabenstein, PBS, October 5
What you need to know about Chicago’s historic school board election
Becky Vevea, Makiya Seminera, and Emmanuel Camarillo, Chicago Sun-Times, September 21
PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high
Hillel Italie, Associated Press, October 5
‘It was an insane feeling’: Naperville-based, all-girls robotics team headed to international competition
Carolyn Stein | Naperville Sun/Daily Herald, September 25
In today’s Leading News, there is a lot of listening going on in schools and communities.
District 97 students petition School Board: Bring back recess
Cam'ron Hardy, Pioneer Press, October 5
Head Start preschools serve parents, too. Under Trump, advocates fear that will change
Moriah Balingit, AP/Alton Telegraph, September 28
District 63 officials asking residents for permission to borrow $120.6 million
Russell Lissau, Daily Herald, October 5
Mental health screening: “We don’t want anybody to fall through the cracks”
Deborah Gertz Husar, Herald-Whig, Quincy, September 26
School of Music hosts high school music students for SIU Brass, Woodwind Day, Oct. 1
Pete Rosenbery, The Southern Illinoisan, September 29
In today’s Leading News, read about the U.S. Treasury’s proposed rules for the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship program, and what’s next for states, like Illinois, that have not committed. Also in the news, districts connect with their communities.
New Rules for Federal School Choice: What You Need to Know
Arianna Prothero, Mark Lieberman & Matthew Stone, Education Week, October 1
Education tax credit rules are here. Will they lure Democratic governors off the fence?
Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat, October 2
District 161 begins strategic planning process with focus on community input
Jon Banister, Homewood Flossmoor Chronicle, October 2
Yorkville School District 115 superintendent highlights overcrowding solutions at State of the District
Joey Weslo, Shaw Local/Kendall County Now, October 3
Pikeland CUSD 10 to hold town hall on facilities, funding
KHQA, Quincy, October 1
In today’s Leading News, Cahokia Unit SD 187 teachers have rejected last week’s tentative agreement with the district. Read more coverage of school district budgets. Also in the news, thinking about food.
Cahokia teachers reject tentative agreement with school district
Hiba Ahmad, St. Louis Public Radio
Centralia High School passes budget with deficit
Austin Williams, WJBD, Salem, September 29
Waukegan school board approves budget with $30M deficit: ‘You have to make up that money somehow’
Steve Sadin, Lake County News-Sun, October 1
How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science thanks to Pilot Light, a local chef-led nonprofit
Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, September 29
Evanston Grows to supply kale, salad mix, romaine, parsley to ETHS
Margo Milanowski, Evanston Roundtable, September 26
In today’s Leading News, budget decisions across the state. Also in the news, cancellations in CPS due to a referee strike over payment.
MVTHS Approves Final FY27 District Budget
Travis Morse, Morning Sentinel, Centralia, September 23
At risk of running out of money next year, Prairie Grove District 46 eyes cuts, tax increase
Michelle Meyer, Shaw Local Media, September 24
Salem Community High School Board passes $14.4-million budget
Austin Williams, WJBD, Salem, September 22
Decatur Public Schools board approves deficit budget
Valerie Wells, Decatur Herald and Review, September 24
Kankakee School Board touts balanced 2027 budget while rebuilding reserves
Stephanie Markham, Kankakee Daily Journal, September 21
CPS cancels multiple football, volleyball and flag football games after referees strike over nonpayment
Michael O’Brien. Chicago Sun-Times, September 30
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