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Students from Barrington High School leave school for the day on Jan. 31, 2022. District 220 is one of 146 Illinois school districts named in a lawsuit targeting Gov J.B. Pritzker's mask mandates at schools.

Downstate judge finds in favor of parents who object to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate; CPS says COVID-19 protocols will continue

February 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Hundreds of students at Chicago Public Schools and at scores of districts across the state may be freed from wearing a mask in the classroom, with an Illinois judge ruling...

Illinois school districts call for ‘off ramp’ from masking and quarantines, with a ‘measured return to normalcy’

February 2, 2022 at 7:32 p.m.

As Illinois parents and educators await a Springfield judge's ruling that could roll back Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 school mask mandate, some suburban school districts are demanding the state deliver...

Proviso District 209 teachers take steps toward strike

February 1, 2022 at 5:31 p.m.

Frustrated by lackluster teacher retention rates they attribute to inadequate compensation, educators with Proviso High School District 209 in Chicago's near west suburbs said this week they will declare a...

Students depart Oriole Park School on Jan. 25, 2022, in Chicago. In a recent letter to parents, Oriole school officials said based on the new guidance, "students with a documented COVID case within the last 90 days are exempt from remote learning."

Illinois schools could see fewer student quarantines from COVID-19 close contacts

January 25, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

Illinois students who are exposed to COVID-19 but already had a confirmed case of the virus in the past three months will no longer be excluded from the classroom and...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Breakthrough Urban Ministries FamilyPlex, on Nov. 1, 2021.

Pritzker vetoes proposal to pay COVID-19 sick leave to all school employees, says only fully vaccinated should be compensated

January 25, 2022 at 9:34 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed legislation Monday that would have guaranteed COVID-19-related sick leave for school employees, while signaling support for a "compromise" plan that would limit compensation to only those...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker mandates COVID-19 vaccines for teachers, college students, health care workers and imposes indoor mask mandate for all at the Thompson Center on Aug. 26, 2021.

Downstate judge considering bid to halt COVID-19 mandates for Illinois schools

January 21, 2022 at 7:24 p.m.

Fresh off a round of school closures driven by the omicron variant, Illinois school districts could soon be facing more upheaval as litigation challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker's mask mandate and...

Parents and students arrive at Budlong Elementary School in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. CPS students are back to class after the resolution of another dispute between the district and the Chicago Teachers Union that prompted four canceled school days.

COVID-19 pandemic worsens hiring woes at Illinois schools, with 88% of districts reporting teacher shortages in new survey

January 19, 2022 at 8:28 a.m.

Nearly 90% of Illinois school districts statewide are struggling with an alarming teacher shortage that has reached a crisis level during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with an organization of regional...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Dec. 27, 2021, encouraging Illinoisans to get vaccinated and get a booster shots against the coronavirus.

Pritzker plans to veto proposal to grant teachers extra sick leave for COVID-19

January 14, 2022 at 6:44 p.m.

Despite the urging of Illinois educators and strong bipartisan support from lawmakers, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he plans to veto a bill that would grant school employees administrative leave for...

Dayne Kemereley, 10, left, and Gavin Connolly, 11, work in their fifth grade math class at St. Benedict Catholic School on Jan. 12, 2022, in Chicago.

Frustrated by Chicago Public Schools’ union battles, a growing number of weary parents enroll kids in city’s Catholic schools

January 14, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

After enduring the hardships of Chicago Public Schools' teachers strike in 2019, a delayed reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and a seemingly endless stretch of remote learning, Pilsen...

Students arrive at Mount Greenwood Elementary School in Chicago, the only Chicago Public Schools open for in person learning in Chicago on Jan. 11, 2022.

Illinois reduces quarantine time for schools from 10 to 5 days to align with CDC guidance amid COVID-19 surge

January 12, 2022 at 11:37 a.m.

As Illinois schools struggle to staff classrooms pummeled by the latest COVID-19 surge, state officials said Tuesday they halved the recommended quarantine time for students and teachers from 10 to...

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