For more than 30 years, kids with a certain streak of genius have found a home at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in suburban Chicago. It’s the rarest of gems in the educational landscape: a public, affordable, boarding school.
Illinois has gone nearly a full year without a state budget. Now, it's time for legislators to craft a new one. They have just about three weeks left.
A new higher education bill would give state universities a third of their usual state funding, and pay for one semester of MAP grants for low-income students.
Legislation filed Wednesday asks the state of Illinois to provide $168 million in tuition for low-income college students who were promised MAP grants last fall.
