State funding for the two big Belleville school districts and many others in the metro-east have been increasing since Illinois revamped how it funds education. In 2017, then-Gov. Bruce Rauner ...

The Illinois State Board of Education recently released its 2024 report card for Illinois schools, showing the performance of districts and schools over the past year across the state. The annual ...

The Illinois State Board of Education crunches data annually to create an Overall Index Score for public school in the state. Here's a look at the scores in 2022-2023 and 20223-2024 of 22 schools ...

Despite a jump of nearly 3% from the 2022 to 2023 reports in teacher retention, the 2024 report showed some regression in that regard, with retention dropping from 90.2% in 2023 to 89.6% in 2024. ...

CHICAGO, (NBC) — As voters head to the polls on Election Day, some schools will still be in session. However, most students at Illinois public schools will have the day off. Election Day is an ...

To graduate, Illinois high school students must take four years of language arts, three years of math, and one year of art, music, foreign language or vocational education, among other requirements.

Outraged parents flooded an Illinois school board meeting Monday over an announcement that the seventh and eighth grades would be cut from a bilingual school with just one month of notice. The ...

The IAR test is given to students in grades three through eight in public school districts to examine “their readiness for what’s next,” according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The Illinois State Board of Education has published the 2024 Illinois Report Card, its annual roundup of how the state and each public school within it performed during the previous school year.

MATTOON — The Illinois State Board of Education newly published 2024 Illinois Report Card shows that all four listed Mattoon district school sites are now designated as commendable. The ...

WalletHub has released its 2025 Best Universities Ranking, and one Illinois college took a top spot. Northwestern University ranked ninth on the list, while University of Chicago followed behind ...