Education

WESTMONT, Ill. -- The president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers is calling on school districts across the state to suspend in-person learning amid the current wave of coronavirus infections. “Last week, Illinois officials reported…

CHICAGO -- An infectious disease professor says he gives Illinois schools one week before they close because of COVID-19. Dr. Robert Murphy, an infectious disease professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the…

ROCKFORD - The Rock Valley College Board of Trustees, on Thursday, appointed Dr. Howard J. Spearman as the school's next president. The announcement comes after a 7-0 vote that followed a weekslong national search. Spearman is Rock…

SPRINGFIELD - Representatives of the state's two largest teachers unions say their organizations will take any action necessary--including a strike-- if districts do not reopen safely, in accordance with state and federal guidelines. “We…

MACHESNEY PARK - Harlem School District 122 released its back-to-school plan for the upcoming academic year amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The plan offers in-person and remote learning and was drafted with guidance from the…

ROCKFORD - Rockford families will have a choice between in-person or remote learning for 2020-21 academic year, district officials announced Thursday. Students who chose in-person instruction, classes will be conducted within health and…

ROCKFORD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday that he will dedicate $108.5 million in federal Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Funds to preK-12 public education and institutions of higher education to meet the unique…