Heights Elementary School in Texas City ISD is among 600 campuses and districts in the United States and Canada to be honored ...

An Illinois state representative filed ... a state agency that has taken over other statewide school systems that were insolvent. Chicago Public Schools students put their strategic thinking ...

Officials are assessing damage this week after a tornado ripped through Neoga elementary and junior high schools just after midnight Saturday. Schools were closed this week as administrators ...

Those who follow the academic performance of K-12 students in Illinois public schools know that there’s an undeniable student performance problem. Far too few grade and high schoolers perform at ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — High school students in Illinois may be allowed to sleep in a bit more if a new bill becomes law, prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 8:45 a.m. HB2951 was ...

Nevertheless, she said, “the challenge is well worth the extra sleep it affords Illinois public high school students.” We're on a need-to-know basis. Every weekday morning, Chalkbeat Chicago ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A new bill would require schools in Illinois to change “the problematic names of certain mascots” if it becomes law. Rockford Rep. Maurice West (D) filed House ...

he was enrolled in public school. “We need to know that children exist,” said Costa Howard, vice chair of the Illinois House’s child welfare committee. The legislation is more urgent because ...

Teachers unions got state lawmakers to kill the Invest in Kids program, which allowed 15,000 low-income students to attend private schools. Now they are attacking Illinois’ public charter ...

Searching for the top public high schools in Illinois? Niche has released its 2025 rankings, highlighting the best schools based on academic performance, teacher quality, state test scores, student ...

After the 2025-26 school year, the Highland Bulldogs and Waterloo Bulldogs will be in new homes as schools are leaving the Mississippi Valley Conference. The conference began 54 years ago and ...

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Education is not telling schools to stop any diversity, equity and inclusion lessons or programs, the state’s education chief told a ...