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. ...
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...
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...
Former President Barack Obama Accepts the Paul Douglas Award at the...
Urbana, September 7, 2018 - President Barack Obama told students at the University of Illinois that they need to vote "because our democracy depends...
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...
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...
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...
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...
IL School Boards Assn’s Ben Schwarm on SB 16
As the Legislature is about to return for the Fall Veto Session, we go one on one with Ben Schwam, of the Illinois Assn...
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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...