Stephanie Banchero

More than 100 educators, business leaders, legislators and higher education officials convened Monday at the governor's mansion to develop strategies for boosting the quality of the state's teaching force. The...

Every year, state education officials create a stir with the release of school-by-school test results. But what lies behind those scores, released last week, is a more vital aspect of...

The Illinois Board of Education on Thursday appointed a Chicago businessman as its interim superintendent, charging him with the difficult task of cutting the budget and streamlining the agency. In...

The Illinois State Board of Education put three-fourths of Chicago's public grammar schools on its Academic Early Warning List on Wednesday after most pupils at those schools again failed the...

One of four prospective Illinois teachers failed the state's new, more rigorous basic-skills test, a college sophomore-level exam teachers must pass to earn a license, according to preliminary results released...

The Illinois State Board of Education is considering creating the state's first-ever academic watch list of troubled elementary schools, and all eight of the schools eligible for the roster are...

The Illinois State Board of Education will consider a proposal Wednesday that would require novice teachers to actually prove they can teach before being awarded full teaching credentials. Under the...

For the first time in the state's history, a local school superintendent earned more than $300,000 in salary and bonuses last school year, and another 15 superintendents earned more than...

As many as 1,750 Chicago Public Schools teachers are not fully certified and may be forced to pass state certification tests in as little as two years, officials said Monday....

More than 5 percent of the teachers working in Illinois' poorest school districts are not fully certified to teach, compared with 1 percent in other districts, according to data released...