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Elisha Alamgir, left, and Carolyn Reilly work on math during a fifth-grade class at Franklin Elementary School in Glen Ellyn. Nearly 90 percent of District 41 fifth-graders passed the math ISAT taken in the spring.

In ISAT’s last year, math scores up, reading down

May 22, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Students who took Illinois state exams last spring showed improvement in math in almost every grade, while passing rates for reading mostly dropped, though not dramatically, according to results obtained...

Linda Egnatz, who teaches Spanish at Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort, supports a new state initiative encouraging foreign language education.

Foreign language push features new state credential

June 17, 2018 at 6:46 a.m.

Students taking an advanced Spanish class at Lincoln-Way North High school were discussing — without using a word of English — films and literature, including the dark tale, "Chac Mool,"...

1st grader Vilma Figueroa has her math work checked by her teacher, Katie Elder, at Clarence E. Culver School in Niles on Sept. 3. Since graduating Elder has been substituting nearly full-time.

Tribune analysis: State school districts relying more on substitute teachers

May 12, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

Illinois schoolchildren are greeted by substitute teachers far more often than their parents were, and while there may be valid reasons for calling in these subs, some experts express concerns...

1st grader, ElyseTregoning, grimaces as she erases a math problem at Clarence E Culver School in Niles on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Her teacher, Katie Elder, graduated from DePaul in November with a degree in elementary education with a social studies endorsement. Since graduating she has been substituting nearly full-time. This fall she landed a long-term substitute job which will go all the way until December.

How often are teachers absent?

June 18, 2018 at 8:22 a.m.

When a child misses school, there's an empty desk. But when a teacher is absent, a substitute often takes over, and students can struggle. Yet teacher attendance "has received relatively...

Illinois grads made progress on ACT, but numbers troubling

May 21, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

The state's high school graduating Class of 2014 scored an average of 20.7 on the ACT college entrance exam, nudging up slightly from the prior year and closely mirroring the...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, right, asked states to prepare an "equity plan" to ensure students are not disproportionately taught by inexperienced, unqualified teachers.

Study shows many teachers not credentialed in their subjects

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Illinois school districts have employed hundreds of educators to teach everything from science to special education even though they lacked proper credentials in those subjects, a Tribune investigation has found....

ACT edged out as state brings in new high school exams

June 18, 2018 at 11:48 a.m.

The popular ACT college entrance exam has been bumped from the roster of required state tests in 2015, part of a wave of changes reshaping how and when Illinois students...

Lawmakers intervene in teacher licensing

June 17, 2018 at 11:57 a.m.

State lawmakers have intervened repeatedly in Illinois' teacher licensing process, going to bat in some cases for candidates who did not meet state requirements and applicants with criminal pasts as...

Lawmakers intervene in teacher licensing

December 23, 2018 at 6:34 p.m.

State lawmakers have intervened repeatedly in Illinois' teacher licensing process, going to bat in some cases for candidates who did not meet state requirements and applicants with criminal pasts as...

A girls is led out of the courtroom in Waukesha, Wis., on August 1, 2014, who is accused of stabbing a classmate in a case known for the girls' obsessions with the fictional character Slender Man.

Wisconsin stabbing: Violence influenced by fiction nothing new

August 18, 2019 at 6:07 p.m.

Two 12-year-old girls have been charged with repeatedly stabbing their middle school classmate in a wooded park near Milwaukee, a shocking attack allegedly influenced by a fascination with a fictional...

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