Illinois Education

Will Illinois Education 'Race to the Top'? There's Hope on the Horizon

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

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Paras Bhayani

I majored in economics -- a field that entails heaps of calculus -- but the state thinks I'm not qualified to teach math. This bizarre situation is a result of the Board of Ed's certification requirements.

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Illinois ACT Scores are Stagnant: Why Don't We Listen to Arne?

Paras Bhayani | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

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Paras Bhayani

The home state of the secretary of education should be leading the way in enacting reforms, especially when they are as straightforward as using data to track student growth, finding ways to recruit non-educators into the profession and closing down failing schools.

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School Funding Discrimination Lawsuit Advances

Catalyst Chicago | John Myers | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago

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Education advocates are savoring their first victory in a legal case challenging Illinois' school funding system and say the win comes at a critical j...

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State To Track Students' Progress From Preschool Through College

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 05.07.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois will begin tracking schoolchildren as they progress from preschool through college, logging the schools they attend, the educators who teach ...

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Illinois School Test Scores Released: Elementary Schools Gain, High Schools Struggle

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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The Illinois State Board of Education is releasing test score results for individual schools today. Overall, the state's elementary schools are bring...

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More Schools Failing No Child Left Behind

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Nearly a third of all Illinois public schools failed to hit rising test targets during the 2007-2008 school year, one of the worst performances since ...

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Illinois SAT Scores Drop

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

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The state's high school class of 2008 posted slightly lower average scores on the SAT exam this year, slipping in all three tested subjects, but Illin...

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