We go One-on-One with Members of the Education Leadership Alliance
From Springfield: Â Education Leaders attending the Alliance Leadership Summit in Springfield, share with us what each of their organizations is focusing on, as they...
Gov Rauner Signs Bill to Help Schools Hire Substitute Teachers
From Carbondale: With schools facing a greater challenge of finding substitute teachers, Gov Rauner signs legislation that will make it easier to fill the...
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...
Author Patrick Rice: Vanishing School Boards
We talk with Patrick Rice, PhD, about his book "Vanishing School Boards" which concerns the growing intrusion of State and Federal governments into the...
Jeff Vose, President of the Assn of Regional Superintendent of Schools
FROM CHICAGO: We talk with Jeff Vose, President of the IL Assn Regional Superintendents of Schools, about the effects of the Budget impasse on...
Republican Senators Want Full Funding of Education
While discussions in the legislature continue on changing the funding formula for K-12 Education, Republican Senators argue that the "Foundation Level" of funding, of...
Sen Andy Manar (D) on Fixing the School Funding Formula
State Sen Andy Manar, who's worked for years trying to alter the school funding formula, which he says provides vastly unfair results in funding...
Sen Andy Manar (D) Slams Gov Rauner’s Changes to Education Reform
State Capitol: In a statehouse press conference, Sen Manar took the governor to task for the changes made to SB-1, the education funding reform...
Fixing Illinois’ School Funding Formula
Sen Andy Manar (D), Rep Sue Scherer (D) and others argue there is an urgent need to fix inequalities in the way moneys are...
Sen Andy Manar (D) on Failed “Grand Bargain” Vote & Education...
From the State Capitol: Â We talk with Sen Andy Manar, on the failure to pass the "Grand Bargain" package of bills, and where the...
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Mark Rhoads, Author of “Land of Lincoln:Thy Wondrous Story”
From the Pasfield House in Springfield: We talk with former Illinois State Senator Mark Rhoads about his book, "Land of Lincoln: Thy Wondrous Story"...