IFT President, Dan Montgomery: The Myth of School Choice
From the City Club of Chicago: Dan Montgomery, President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, gives an address from the City Club of Chicago...
Setting State Standards for Disciplining Elementary & High School Students
From the State Capitol: We talk with Rep Will Davis (D) who was the House sponsor of SB-100, that passed in 2015, but which...
Sen Manar’s Educucation Reform
Sen Andy Manar's Education Reform bill, SB-16, is debated in the Senate
Democrats Send the Education Funding Bill to Gov, But It’s Unclear...
Springfield, July 31- Gov Rauner waited for nearly two months for an education funding bill that passed the legislature before the end of May...
President of Illinois Network of Charter Schools
Andrew Broy, the President and CEO of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools talks with Jeff Berkowitz about why he supports school choice in...
The State Budget and Education
From the Illinois Assn of School Boards annual conference in Chicago- Sen Jason Barickman (R), Sen Bertino-Tarrent (D), are joined by Rep Bob Pritchard...
IFT President on Pension Reform, Mandates on Education
Dan Montgomery, the President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, explains his organization's stance on the contested pension reform law, and whether or not...
House Education Funding Task Force on Education Spending Reform Bill
We attend a hearing of the House Education Funding Task Force, and hear from representatives of the task force, and a representative of Northern...
Sen. Andy Manar on Education Funding and the State Budget
Sen. Andy Manar responds to whether education funding must be cut in order to help get control of the state budget. He also discusses...
Sen Andy Manar (D) Files SB-1 to Reform School Funding Formula
SPRINGFIELD – A school funding reform measure filed this week by Senator Andy Manar (D) mirrors a plan pending in the Illinois House. ...
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Historian Mark DePue: Preserving Illinois’ Oral History
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...