Different standards for different students
Under a dramatic new approach to rating public schools, Illinois students of different backgrounds no longer will be held to the same standards — with Latinos and blacks, low-income children...
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Red ink leads to state probe of school insurance
Troubling events began unfolding last fall in the arcane world of public school insurance: red ink, questions over loans and an unprecedented visit by state examiners to one of Illinois'...
New teacher licensing system full of glitches, hitches
Just hours after the state launched a new, multimillion-dollar teacher licensing system last year, an educator logging in was shocked to find a serious security breach. "I discovered that by...
Number of Illinois school districts in financial distress doubles
A disturbing number of Illinois school districts are in poor to dire financial shape, with 121 getting low or dismal ratings in the state's annual financial report card for schools....
Number of Illinois school districts in financial distress doubles
A disturbing number of Illinois school districts are in poor to dire financial shape, with 121 getting low or dismal ratings in the state's annual financial report card for schools....
Chicago area’s wealthy districts likely losers in funding plan
State officials are pushing to overhaul how Illinois pays for public schools, a dramatic and potentially unpopular move expected to take money away from wealthy districts scattered across the Chicago...
Testing times for Illinois students
Tens of thousands of students will spend more time on testing this spring, as Illinois launches an unprecedented "field test" of new state exams in more than 2,000 schools —...
Minority students make up new majority in Illinois public schools
New enrollment numbers show that lllinois' public school system for the first time does not have a white majority, with Latino, black, Asian and other racial groups combined eclipsing white...
Illinois grade school test scores plunge — especially in poor communities
The push to toughen state exams for Illinois grade school students triggered widespread drops in 2013 scores, with hundreds of schools in some of the state's poorest communities seeing performances...
Educators leery of state’s survey of schools
Facing a backlash by school administrators, the state won't publish the full results of an ambitious, $600,000 survey meant to gather candid information about the inner workings of public schools...