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Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives to deliver his annual budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Illinois Capitol. Pritzker on March 3 announced an initiative aimed at alleviating chronic teacher shortages across the state.

Pritzker announces teacher pipeline initiative to address chronic shortages across state

March 3, 2023 at 5:47 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a new initiative aimed at alleviating chronic teaching staff shortages across the state. His proposed Teacher Pipeline Grant Program would give $70 million per year over...

Area residents and high school students prepare to leave Hinsdale South High School in Darien after the District 86 Board of Education upheld its mask requirement in schools on Feb. 10, 2022.

Unruly school board meetings among the hot-button topics highlighted in annual education report

March 5, 2023 at 8:50 a.m.

Unruly public behavior at school board meetings is among the key issues highlighted in newly released polling data from the fifth annual State of Education Report released Thursday by the...

Educator prep instructor Tom Kosiek teaches an Ed Academy class at Buffalo Grove High School on Feb. 13, 2023.

Amid shortage of teachers, Illinois high schoolers can fast-track to a career in education

February 25, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Each day for Tim Kosiek, an education prep teacher at Buffalo Grove High School, is a new opportunity to inspire students in Ed Academy, an elective class he teaches as...

A photo of Gayle Dubowski in her parents' Carol Stream home.

15 years after students were gunned down at NIU, memories remain and school shootings continue in US

February 13, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

The sounds of gunshots, the ringing of a fire alarm and the breaking of glass echo in Kevin Stromberg's memory. When a shooter opened fire at Northern Illinois University, Stromberg...

Sana Siddiqui makes lunches for her 9-year old triplets, Noor, Musa and Emaan, with 6-year old daughter Aafya, foreground, the night before school on Jan. 29, 2023.

Chicago-area parents want zabiha-halal and kosher food options in schools. A proposed bill would be a game changer.

February 2, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Every morning before sending her two kids off to second and third grade, Sadiya Zackria checks the school's breakfast and lunch menu to see whether she'll have to send along...

U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders bumps elbows with kindergartener Aleyna Contreras at Oakhill Elementary School in Streamwood on May 6, 2021.

Tony Sanders of District U-46 named new state superintendent of education

January 31, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Tony Sanders, superintendent of Elgin School District U-46, was named the new state superintendent of education. Carmen Ayala — the first...

Dual-language preschoolers at Belmont-Cragin Elementary and Early Childhood Center in Chicago, where a ribbon-cutting was held Jan. 17.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vowed to bring preschool to every Illinois child. But big hurdles remain for that to happen.

January 30, 2023 at 12:33 p.m.

In his second inaugural address this month, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised to "make preschool available to every family throughout the state" — a feat that will require solutions to...

University of Illinois at Chicago students and faculty return for classes on Jan. 23, 2023, following the tentative agreement.

UIC faculty and administration reach deal, ending 4-day strike; classes resume

January 23, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

After a nine-hour bargaining session Sunday — and months of negotiations — the University of Illinois at Chicago administration reached a tentative agreement with faculty and staff who had been...

Third-year education student Amy Chen supports the faculty strike on Jan. 19, 2023, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC faculty still at bargaining table after several days of strike

January 21, 2023 at 4:27 p.m.

Negotiations continued Friday between University of Illinois at Chicago faculty and administration over pay increases and better mental health services for students. The bargaining session, which began Friday afternoon and...

Filip Dudic, an applied technologies teacher at MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights, interacts with eighth graders during a robotics class on Jan. 11, 2023.

Robotics class in Prospect Heights lets 8th graders earn high school credit and aims to accelerate pandemic learning recovery

January 15, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while addressing...

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