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Illinois To Borrow $1.4 Billion To Pay Bills

Daily Herald | John Patterson and Joseph Ryan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois will borrow $1.4 billion to make payments to schools, health care providers and others who've been waiting months to be reimbursed by the sta...

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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

Read More: Interactive Illinois Report Card, Illinois Education, Illinois High Schools, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Schools, Illinois Elementary Schools, Illinois School Test Scores, Chicago News

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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Tinkering Around the Edges Not Enough For Failing Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

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Lorraine Forte

While media eyes have been focused on Meeks' school boycott, another plan from the legislator/mega-church pastor has gotten little publicity: His proposal to allow kids to enroll in any school in the state, without paying tuition.

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The School Funding Gap

Chicago Reporter | Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Alden K. Loury and Matthew Hendrickson | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago

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A new Chicago Reporter analysis of school funding data shows the long-term disparities in school funding as area civil rights leaders filed a lawsuit ...

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School Funding Unconstitutional: Lawsuit

AP | Jenny Song | Posted 09.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cheryle Jackson, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Schools, Illinois Board of Education, Illinois School Funding, Chicago Urban League, Chicago Schools Funding Lawsuit, Illinois School Lawsuit, Chicago Urban League Lawsuit, Illinois Schools Funding Lawsuit, Civil Rights, Cps, Chicago Schools Lawsuit, Chicago News

Using property tax revenue to fund Illinois schools is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Chicago Urba...

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