Illinois State Board of Education

Request includes $35M for ‘newcomers,’ comes amid projected state budget deficit.

One of the biggest issues facing the local education system is the growing number of teachers needed — especially special education and bilingual teachers, as well as paraprofessionals.

Illinois advocates have continued calls to speed up contributions to new Illinois schools funding formula.

This year's Illinois veto session adjourns without renewing the state's Invest in Kids Act.

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.

The latest Illinois Report Card provides information about schools across southwestern Illinois. Here’s how metro-east high schools fared in the 2022-23 report.

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

Belleville joins Collinsville and other Metro East school districts who have embraced the Community Eligibility Provision since it was first implemented in Illinois during the 2011-12 academic year.

The Collinsville school district will now offer all of its students free breakfast and lunch through a federal program for high-need school districts.

The programs serve thousands of students in low-performing and high-poverty schools. Advocates are hoping that either the Illinois General Assembly or the federal government can keep them from closing.