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Police are still ticketing students in Illinois schools. A new bill would make that illegal.

CHICAGO — A new bill in the Illinois House aims to stop schools from working with police to issue students tickets for minor misbehavior, a harmful and sometimes costly practice that many districts have continued despite pleas to stop from the state’s top education officials.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 4, 2023

The standardized test for students in Illinois gets low marks. Will the state meet a 2025 deadline to fix it?

Most observers say the test doesn’t do much for students or teachers, but advocates worry the state is moving too slowly to make big changes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2023

School calls 911 on kids every other day

An Illinois school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline

Salon · Dec 20, 2022

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Illinois Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala to retire

Ayala is the first woman and first person of color to hold the position full time.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

Illinois student test scores remain far below pre-pandemic levels in reading and math

Students in all racial and ethnic groups saw their scores drop since 2019, exacerbating historic achievement gaps between white and Asian students and other students of color.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2022

Teacher, support staff shortage prompts ‘all hands on deck’ as Illinois' school year rolls out

CHICAGO — Weeks after Illinois students began what is predicted to be a more “normal” school year, a steep shortage of teachers and other essential employees is forcing many administrators to take an all-hands-on-deck approach.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 4, 2022

There’s plenty of work to do to improve Illinois schools

A new report lays bare how far our state has to go since the disruption caused by COVID-19.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 8, 2022

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Chicago Public Schools asked to repay $87 million it got from ‘coding error’; state funds were due to other Illinois districts

CHICAGO — The state of Illinois will distribute $87.5 million to hundreds of school districts that were underpaid because of a “coding error” — while seeking repayment from Chicago Public Schools, which mistakenly got the funds.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 10, 2022

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