DURAND -- Durand CUSD 322 is one of 29 Illinois districts that were placed on "probation" by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Wednesday for violating Gov. JB Pritzker's mask mandate. According to the ISBE, Durand's COVID-19…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Rockford Public School District 205 has announced its plans for prom, graduation and end-of-the-year activities. Graduation ceremonies will not be attended by friends and family, but will be started on the…

Staff Report Fourth-graders in Illinois on average scored 218 on a standardized reading test administered last year, which is one point below the 2019 national average calculated by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Sixteen Eisenhower Middle School students recently demonstrated tremendous courage, heroism and initiative in response to a situation they were forced into during their bus ride home last month. On Friday,…

By Peter Hancock  Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Education officials in Illinois say the state is making solid progress under its new evidence-based funding program in narrowing the wealth-based disparities among school districts,…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - ​The Rockford School Board has selected a local accountant to fill the board vacancy in Subdistrict G. June Standord, a controller at Kelley Williamson, was selected Thursday, the day the board interviewed a…