With successor in mind, GOP plots Ryan’s exit
Anticipating a quick end to Jack Ryan's candidacy for the U.S. Senate, state Republican leaders on Thursday began looking ahead to replace him on the November ballot, with former State...
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Latino students often trapped in lagging schools
Most of the children in Room 208 in Lloyd Elementary School had just arrived from Mexico's ranchos and pueblos. They had little to no knowledge of English, and some were...
Teacher panel panned; Blagojevich backs off
Faced with growing resistance from educators and lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich opened the door for compromise Wednesday after suffering a setback on a key part of his initiative to overhaul...
Tiny district is on the brink of harsh lesson
In this nearly deserted town on the Missouri border, locals live with the losses that chip away at a community. The dilapidated toll bridge linking Venice to St. Louis closed...
More schools lose on budget
State Schools Supt. Robert Schiller acknowledged Tuesday that far more local school districts would lose money under the governor's proposed public education budget than previously revealed. Under pressure from skeptical...
Boy lost by DCFS is found
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has searched four years for Shalis Gama, a mother who fled with her son to prevent the state from taking the boy...
Schools adapt while pupils are at `work’
With thousands of students heading off to their parents' workplaces for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, schools face a challenge Thursday: What do they do with half-empty...
Teachers brace for record layoffs
Union officials and state educators say this could be a record year for teacher layoffs, with thousands of pink slips in the offing statewide. As districts struggle with ballooning deficits,...
School district learns fiscal lessons the hard way
Former Hazel Crest school Supt. Jo Ann Roberts warned in 1997 that tiny District 152 1/2 was headed for financial disaster. The south suburban district got rid of Roberts, but...
Options to failing schools limited
A dramatic change in federal law that lets students transfer out of failing schools holds little promise for many children in Illinois because there are so few good schools nearby...