Schools

A student-loan debt advocacy group said a central Illinois congressman’s idea to allow employers to help employees with student-loan debt

Illinois’ next school-performance measurement is going to put a lot more value on tests and grades. Currently, test scores and

A judge’s ruling in Connecticut last week that the state is failing its “constitutional duty” to provide children with an

Most of Illinois’ large, downstate universities are seeing fewer students this fall, while one Illinois lawmaker says the state’s schools may have

Illinois taxpayers can expect to pay for decades of poor financial decisions. That’s the message from Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS)

Hoping to benefit from Illinois’ economic hardships, public universities in states bordering Illinois have aggressively sought to recruit Illinois students

Staff Report  Median incomes across the nation are down since 2000, but the cost of a four-year college education continues

Illinois’ newest school-funding commission has two meetings under its belt, but has yet to even agree on what to talk

Illinois is still facing a teacher shortage. Jeff Vose, president of the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools, said

A new law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner puts the responsibility of the free press on high school student journalists

Illinois’ public universities may be at the end of their ability to simply raise tuition to cover costs. Illinois State

Illinois isn’t getting rid of the bevy of tests students take every year, but the state will finally track just

By Cynthia Wolf  For Illinois News Network  Illinois’ most impoverished school districts have lost millions of dollars to a scheme intended

Illinois educators are hoping to avoid a teacher shortage in the not-so-distant future. And that has some school leaders questioning

A new report takes a fresh look at how much university presidents are being paid. The report from the Chronicle