Schools try to limit busing law
Faced with a federal mandate to let students flee failing schools for better ones, Chicago Public Schools officials are seeking exemptions that would seriously curtail those students' already limited choices....
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Law could worsen teacher shortage
A little-noticed provision in the new federal education law could seriously aggravate the teacher shortage across Illinois over the next few years, as school officials scramble to fill classrooms with...
Queen Bee schools added to state’s watch list
State education officials Wednesday increased the number of school districts on their watch list of financially troubled systems to 11, while acknowledging that hundreds more districts have serious deficits. Queen...
Ryan school plan may hit have-nots
Gov. George Ryan's new education spending plan, already under fire from Mayor Richard Daley and top Republican lawmakers, took another hit Wednesday when the Illinois State Board of Education released...
Daley fights school plan
Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday he will fight any budget proposal that would cut money for Chicago's public schools, even as state officials acknowledged that the governor's new school funding...
Chicago schools plan for loss
The head of the Chicago Public Schools said Thursday that the system stands to lose $23.8 million if the legislature adopts Gov. George Ryan's proposal to change the allocation of...
22 school grants on hit list
Education advocates warned Wednesday that Gov. George Ryan's plan to slash funding for 22 programs and shift the money to general state aid to schools could harm Illinois' most vulnerable...
Suburb leaders hit Ryan’s school plan
Fearing they could lose big under Gov. George Ryan's new education funding plan, suburban lawmakers and educators are vowing an aggressive fight to block implementation of the initiative, which would...
No red-tape plan for school grants
Hoping to cut red tape in the way the state delivers money to schools, Gov. George Ryan said Monday he wants to shift almost $500 million from grant programs administered...
State schools chief resigns over tie to brokerage
Illinois Supt. of Education Ernest Wish resigned Friday after state officials said he refused to end a consulting agreement with a Chicago insurance brokerage firm whose owner was charged with...