Illinois Education

A former school administrator and a regional superintendent pitched the benefits of a merger to members of both boards this week.

Guiyou Huang, Western Illinois University’s president, announced Friday he will step down at the end of the month in the midst of the university's enrollment turmoil.

At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, negotiations are ongoing between campus leadership and the labor union that represents the university's clerical workers. A recent report found Illinois' public university employees were paid 21% less than state agency workers in similar jobs.

Elementary and secondary students in Illinois showed consistent improvements in their reading and math scores while the state’s high school graduation rate reached a 13-year high for the most recently concluded school year.

Teaching shortages — including certain specialities — still exist in select regions across Illinois after the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Illinois students will soon have to learn Native American history. But Native American students say it needs to be more than about the past.

The documentary is screening at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

After a nationwide search to replace outgoing superintendent Carmen Ayala who is retiring after 40 years in education, the Illinois State Board of Education announced Sanders’ appointment during a special board meeting on Tuesday.

The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.

The president of the Illinois Education Association said it believes the governor’s vaccine mandate was legal and necessary to provide the best educational environment for students.