An effort to digitize the works of Nebraska author Willa Cather lost funding as part of the cuts, as well as a project to put ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights announced on Thursday that it is launching an investigation into the Illinois Department of Education, the Chicago Public School District ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Thousands of Illinois residents rallied in Springfield on Wednesday to protest a bill that would regulate how homeschooling is conducted in Illinois. Garden Prairie ...

DEERFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — An Illinois mother has filed a federal civil rights complaint claiming her daughter’s middle school attempted to force her to change in front of a biological male in ...

A contested board race is on the Tuesday, April 1 spring general election ballot for the Genoa City Joint 2 School District Board of Education, which governs Brookwood Schools — Grades PreK-3 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A new Illinois bill aims to add some oversight of families who homeschool their children, a response to concerns that the state does little to ensure these students receive an ...

Committee OKs ‘Homeschool Act;’ fight moves to Illinois House floor Illinoisans over 90,000 times said they opposed a bill regulating homeschools and private schools, but an Illinois House ...

MASCOUTAH, Ill. — Class was in session at Mascoutah Middle School just days after strong winds ripped off a portion of the school’s roof. The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state’s bald eagle-themed ...