Comptroller Mendoza: $805 Million Will Go Out to Schools This Week
CHICAGO— Just after midnight Thursday morning, Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s office began transmitting $541 million in General State Aid to schools around the state. These...
Sen Andy Manar (D) on Failed “Grand Bargain” Vote & Education...
From the State Capitol: We talk with Sen Andy Manar, on the failure to pass the "Grand Bargain" package of bills, and where the...
Learning to Survive the Lasting Trauma of a School Shooting
From the Illinois Association of School Boards conference in Chicago - We hear from Carly Posey, a mother of children who...
Enhancing School Security
From the Illinois Association of School Boards annual conference, a panel of security experts discuss the threats in schools and how administrators need to...
Illinois’ Education Leaders on Current Challenges of Funding and Reforms
From Chicago: We sit with the four of the leaders in Illinois education, to hear how the recently passed school funding reform is going...
Illinois Lawmakers Brief School Board Members on Pending Education Issues
Chicago -- From the Illinois Assn of School Board Members annual conference, a panel of Illinois lawmakers discuss the issues impacting education, and take...
The Rising Cost of Pensions & the Impact on School Funding
From the Illinois Assn of School Boards, we hear from four legislators discuss the on-going budget stalemate, and what impact the rising cost of...
LIVE from the Illinois Assn of School Boards Annual Conference in...
CHICAGO: Before a room of school board members, a panel of lawmakers will discussed significant issues affecting schools in Illinois. State funding, unfunded mandates,...
Sen Cullerton on Changing the School Funding Formula
From the City Club of Chicago: Senate President John Cullerton talks about his plan to look at the school funding formula and what might...
Education Leaders on the Financial Challenges to Education
We talk with Illinois School Boards, Exec Director, Roger Eddy, School Administrators Exec Dir., Dr. Brent Clark, and Illinois School Business Officials Exec. Director,...
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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...