All seven school board seats were up for election in 2023. Because terms are staggered, three seats, all for four-year terms, ...

The News-Democrat contacted candidates in contested races in the April 1 election in the Cahokia, Collinsville, East St. Louis, Freeburg, Grant and Highland school districts and asked them to complete ...

President Donald Trump's pledge to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education is in full swing.Tuesday evening, the department laid off over 1,300 staff members ...

Concern about the funds is growing now that staffing at the agency has been cut by nearly 50% — from 4,133 to 2,183.

The union representing teachers outside of Chicago says President Donald Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. Department ...

City Clerk Anna Valencia has joined forces with Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) on a resolution directing the Council’s Committee on Ethics and Government Operations to create a subcommittee charged with ...

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) says the Trump Administration on March 7 canceled funding to the Local Food for Schools and Child Care Cooperative ...

Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers – one of the nation's largest teacher unions with 1.8 ...

Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...

On Wednesday, the Illinois State Board of Education announced that the Trump administration canceled funding to the "Local ...

In its survey of unfilled positions, the state board found that Illinois had 1,877 more classroom teachers in the 2023-24 ...