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Illinois years behind in scoring state science tests; officials blame budget

May 22, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Three years after Illinois made a bold change in how science would be taught and tested, little is known about how students have performed because neither schools nor families have...

Cyclists stop for photos near the Chicago River during Bike the Drive on May 28, 2017.

Chicago’s rainy spring one of the wettest in 150 years

June 4, 2018 at 4:58 p.m.

For some 20,000 cyclists expecting to bike for a cause Sunday on Lake Shore Drive, slippery conditions were a possibility as one of Chicago's rainiest springs neared a close. "The...

Chicago is epicenter of charter school teacher contract disputes

May 22, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Some 25 years after a new kind of public school entered the national education landscape — "charters" run by private groups and set free from bureaucracy — Chicago has become...

Teachers, management at Passages charter school reach contract agreement

May 22, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

Teachers at the Passages charter school in Chicago's Edgewater community tentatively agreed to a contract late Wednesday following a marathon night of talks with school managers, averting the city's latest...

Bohdan Nelson, left, and Jennifer Lee work with molecular modeling kits during an honors biology class at Warren Township High School in Gurnee on March 16, 2017.

Tribune analysis: College prep courses not preparing kids for college

May 22, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

A full plate of general classes — the most common courses statewide across Illinois public high schools — is supposed to prepare students for life after graduation. But tens of...

After 15 years of administering the ACT to juniors at Illinois public high schools, the company's contract ended and ACT got pushed out in a lucrative and contentious procurement process. About 30 public school districts and private schools will still be giving the ACT to their students.

As state switches to SAT exam, some districts also paying to offer ACT

May 22, 2019 at 11:19 p.m.

Thousands of public high school juniors statewide are taking the SAT college entrance exam for free this month, but some students get to take the rival ACT as well, courtesy...

State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, speaks at a press conference regarding the pension reform at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Monday, June 17, 2013.

Despite borrowing limit, tiny Skokie school district seeks to get around state law for new school

June 5, 2018 at 5:25 p.m.

A few months after voters approved a $47.3 million bond issue to build a new school, the tiny East Prairie School District 73 in Skokie faces a roadblock: It can't...

Chicago Urban League settles lawsuit with state over school funding

May 22, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

A tentative settlement agreement has been reached in a long-standing lawsuit that alleged inequities and discrimination in Illinois' education funding system, forcing the state to stop "prorating" state aid dollars...

Gov. Bruce Rauner talks with members of a political science class at Lyons Township High School in May 2016.

LT, Nazareth work to fit civics requirement into curriculum

June 6, 2018 at 9:54 a.m.

High school students at Lyons Township High School and Nazareth Academy won't be earning their sheepskins until they complete a new civics requirement. Under a new state law, students in...

School board president Pat Groody, right, speaks during the board meeting at the Vernon Hills High School on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 in Vernon Hills, Ill.

Performance-based bonuses at some Illinois school districts raise eyebrows

June 8, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

In Lake County's Community High School District 128, teachers on average earn $102,000 and administrators $146,000 — but that doesn't include annual bonuses. The affluent district paid more than $500,000...

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