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The state has some of the most aggressive protections for transgender people in the country, but the issue still generates controversy here.Illinois, with…
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Current state law prohibits people with felony records from working in a school, or volunteering, or even driving a truck that makes deliveries to a…
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Illinois requires high school students take four years of gym class, but a proposal in the Illinois Senate could allow some students to opt out.Senate…
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Bet many of you didn’t know that the state of Illinois has the power to take over your local schools.As in - fire school board members - even those you…
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Benjamin Churchill has been spending extra time with his daughter at the computer lately. Quinn, 8, will be taking her first state exam this school year,…
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Education Inequality: Spending Cuts Cause Greatest Harm to School Districts That Can Least Afford ItIt’s been a decade since a blue-ribbon panel outlined an ambitious plan designed to finally force the state to provide an adequate level of funding for…
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The job of a school nurse is changing. More students suffer from complicated medical problems related to asthma, diabetes and obesity. And more health…
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At a minimum, lawmakers will need to agree this spring on how much to spend on elementary and secondary education this next fiscal year. They could, as…
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It’s not clear whether the governor gets his breakfast cereal in those oversized boxes that line the aisles of no-frills superstores. But when it comes to…
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Phyllis Hopwood sent all six of her children to Steward Elementary School. She has taught her neighbors’ children in the tiny schoolhouse for almost three…