House Bill 1237 passed in the House on Thursday with a vote of 71-40.

The bill points out specific K-12 mascots and names like “Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe, Indians, or any ...

Instead of tackling their crumbling public schools, Illinois lawmakers are pushing a bill to crack down on parents who escape the system through homeschooling. Passed in late March through the ...

A bill moving to the Illinois Senate could require Arab American history for elementary and high school students.

A bill in Illinois that would ban the use of cell phones in schools has cleared the Senate and is now headed to the House, with exemptions for emergencies, educational purposes, and health reasons.

Senator Michael Hastings has introduced a bill that would create a new optimized plan to better support first responders and schools during emergencies, requiring the State Board of Education and ...

Does it matter which union represents your child’s teachers? The Illinois Federation of Teachers represents a lot of school ...

PolarisList ranks the top high schools in Illinois and the U.S. based on the number of students they send to Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. PolarisList chose to focus on those three Ivy League ...

The proposal to keep public school students from using cell phones in class statewide has passed one chamber of the Illinois ...

At the same time, the Wirtz family's development team is mailing letters to about 12,000 households asking them to support ...

A lucky Illinois Lottery player won $1 million on a Lotto Million 1 drawing earlier this week, according to lottery officials. The big win came in Thursday night's drawing, with the player ...

The Illinois State Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would ban cell phones in school classrooms. The proposed ...