Gov Rauner Signs SB-1947 Into Law, Saying “This is a...
Chicago, Aug 31, 2017 -- In a rather rare display of a bipartisan celebration of the passing of legislation, House and Senate members of...
Illinois Senators Vote to Pass SB-1947, Changing the State’s Education Formula
State Capitol: After the Illinois Senate voted to approve the bill changing the state's formula for distributing money to school districts around the...
Bryan Lewis on Running the SURS’ $17 Billion Pension Fund
The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) W. Bryan Lewis, the new executive director of the $17.4 billion state pension fund, talks with members...
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. ...
Using Tax Credits to Privately Fund Education Scholarships for Low-Income Students
From the State Capitol: We talk with Lennie Jarratt, of the Heartland Institute, and hear how the use of tax credits applied to privately...
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...
A New Home for Lincoln College’s Lincoln Collection
From Lincoln Illinois: Professor Ron Keller, gives us a tour of the new setting for Lincoln artifacts, that have long been a part of...
SCHOOLS SUE DEADBEAT STATE FOR LACK OF “ADEQUATE” FUNDING OR COMPENSATION...
State Capitol - 17 Southern Illinois school districts announced they are suing the State, Governor and the Illinois State Board of Education, ISBE, to hold...
Lawsuit Against State Over Pension Reform: Update from Aaron Maduff
We talk to attorney Aaron Maduff who is representing the State Universities Annuitants Association in their lawsuit against Illinois over pension reform, and get...
HILLARY CLINTON PROMISES TEACHERS HIGHER PAY
By Shanshan Wang, for the Illinois Channel
WASHINGTON --Speaking to the National Education Association, at about the same time as FBI Director James Comey announced...
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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...