Champaign County high schools show a wide range of results in test scores, low income students, and funding sources, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education.
The debate over school funding dominated much of the legislative session, and concluded with a compromise plan designed to send more state funds to the neediest districts. But so far, those districts haven't gotten any extra funds.
There has been another high-level departure from Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration. This time it’s his top education adviser, Beth Purvis, who will step down Friday.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has launched a website to show that most school districts stand to gain more state funding under his plan than under the Democrats' plan. How he calculated those numbers is a question reporters have asked repeatedly. We turned to the state board of education for answers.
On the 21st: One in 5 children in Illinois are from families who worry about where they’ll get their next meal. What’s being done to get healthy meals to kids in Illinois this summer? Also, we revisit our conversation with former poet laureate Natasha Trethewey about how poetry can help Americans better understand each other.
