
Illinois sees a rise in divisive school board races
Some Illinois school board candidates are running to limit teaching about systemic racism to banning policies inclusive of LGBTQ students.
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Some Illinois school board candidates are running to limit teaching about systemic racism to banning policies inclusive of LGBTQ students.
Fifteen years after the state effectively banned indoor public smoking, has Illinois curbed the health effects of smoking?
New ISBE superintendent Tony Sanders addresses mental health concerns, staff recruitment and retainment, criticism of the inclusion of diversity in lessons, and other public school issues.
Though a 40-hour workweek has been the standard for many years, many have been reconsidering their ideas around how work schedules should be set up, including reducing the workweek to four days.
Once again, federal lawmakers are considering a nationwide ban on TikTok. To discuss what potential bans on TikTok could look like and what the thinking behind the ban is, we were joined by a professor of information technology.