Free Technology for Classroom Teaching
From the Illinois Association of School Boards annual conference, we hear educators share insights into how interesting -- and FREE -- technology...
Gov Rauner Calls on Legislature to Send Him SB-1, the School...
CHICAGO (July 19, 2017) – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner again called on lawmakers to send him Senate Bill 1, the school funding reform bill.
The...
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...
Chicago Area Student in DC, Seeks S-U-C-C-E-S-S in National Spelling Bee
Washington - Illinois sent 26 students to the National Spelling Bee, the fifth largest group of any state competing. As Em Steck reports, this...
Legislative Leaders Say They’ve Reached an Agreement “In Principle” on Education...
Chicago -- Speaker Madigan cancelled the House session that was to have met this past Wednesday for a vote to try and override the...
School Boards Executive Director, Roger Eddy on School Funding, Regulations
Springfield: Roger Eddy, the Executive Director of the Illinois Association of School Boards, talks about the implementation of the new school funding formula, the...
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...
New Evidenced-Based Funding Formula Grossly Under-Funded
State Capitol, March 27, 2019 - According to Ralph Martire, Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, the new...
Funding & Reforming Illinois Education in 2019
Chicago - From the Illinois Association of School Boards annual conference, three lawmakers share their ideas on the challenges and reforms under...
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From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...