Nearly six in ten DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in English. That's according to 2022 test score data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
Deanne Mazzochi, the Republican candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives District 45 race, recently provided a written statement regarding school closures.
Illinois Education Association (IEA) President Kathi Griffin is pushing for full compliance to the state’s School Threat Assessment Bill in the wake of a recent deadly Michigan school shooting that left four students dead.
State Sen. John Curran (R-Lemont) is demanding answers over enforcement of the governor's mask mandate for schools.
Republican state Rep. John Curran is pushing for clarification on the process under which schools are punished under Illinois' school mask mandate.
The Elmhurst private school -- attended by the children of state House Speaker Chris Welch -- that had been barred from athletic competition and lost state recognition because of its refusal to adhere to state mask mandates has reversed its position.
It's been a full calendar year since the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools for in-person learning in Illinois, and while hospitalizations have dropped and more people are getting vaccinated, many schools remain shuttered.
An angry caller from Bensenville blasted Illinois parents for granting Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democrats too much power in the ongoing debate over school closings due to COVID-19 in a recent early-morning call to Chicago Morning's Answer.
Anna Choudry was ranked in the 43rd percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2020, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
Former board member and now State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, who resigned from the board in January for the congressional position, (D-Naperville), did not respond to DuPage Policy Journal's requests for comment on the district's failure to reopen schools.
Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Westmont) suspects the push to alter public school standards in Illinois drastically has Gov. J.B. Pritzker's fingerprints.
Alan Hinrichs was ranked in the 87th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
Carl Holman was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
Debbi Smith was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
Ronald Bailey was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.