Here are six education issues Chalkbeat Chicago will watch during session: In the $49.6 billion operating budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed last week, he pushed for increased funding for early ...

Illinois Residents Debate On Tax Credit Scholarship Program For Private Schools ... He says the scholarships are helping thousands of needy kids get a good education and a better chance at life.

The push continues to have Illinois opt in to the federal school choice scholarship tax credit program. The program giving a ...

So while Illinois might be missing those fireworks, here are a few new laws parents and students should know about as the new school year approaches.. Book bans. One piece of the culture wars made ...

State Rep. Terra Costa Howard, left, and state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado listen to debate on the House floor on Jan. 7, 2025, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) --Illinois lawmakers are expected to consider contentious pieces of legislation regarding unions and higher education funding. The Democrat-led Senate is scheduled to vote ...

Greg Bishop shares some of the recent debate from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislators about the ongoing Trump administration changes at the U.S. Department of Education.

With the clock ticking on the deadline to pass a state budget, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker removed one contentious issue from the table by agreeing to fund a scheduled $350 million increase in ...

The Illinois State Board of Education has issued guidance to schools in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants without legal documentation.

The Illinois State Board of Education should leave the politics to the general public and get down to the business of figuring out how to ensure more students can read, compute, and have an ...