U.S. House Ethics and Elections Committee heard ISBE testimony earlier in the week concerning election security
The House Ethics and Elections Committee heard testimony from members of the Illinois State Board of Elections this week regarding election security in our state. Officials told the Committee that a repeat of the 2016 Russian hack
Hancock: After-school programs at risk of closure after state board says it miscalculated federal funding
Programs serve thousands of students in low-performing and high-poverty schools By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Thousands of elementary and high school students throughout Illinois could lose access to after-school and summer programs in
Schoonover: Bill requiring schools to teach Native American history heads to Senate floor
Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) RUPNICK: Joseph Rupnick, chairman for Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, is pictured at the Illinois Capitol. (Capitol News
State Schools Superintendent To Retire
Illinois’s state superintendent of schools will retire early next year. Dr. Carmen Ayala was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker in 2019 to run the State Board of Education. She will step down on January 31st.
Several Area Schools Get High Marks In State Report Card Data
Several Sangamon County public schools are ranked among the best in the state in the new Illinois school report card data released this week. Schools listed as “exemplary” have student performance in the top ten percent
State Education Officials Anticipating Improvement In School Report Cards
State education officials anticipate that school report data coming out next week will show a rebound in the rate of student academic growth coming out of the pandemic. Growth rate is not the same as the