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.
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.
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.
Republican state Rep. John Curran is pushing for clarification on the process under which schools are punished under Illinois' school mask mandate.
State Sen. John Curran (R-Lemont) is demanding answers over enforcement of the governor's mask mandate for schools.
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.
Deanne Mazzochi, the Republican candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives District 45 race, recently provided a written statement regarding school closures.
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).
Lisle resident Stephanie Trussell is one of many questioning the selection of U-46’s Tony Sanders as the state superintendent by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Burr Ridge business owner Margot Henshaw disagrees with the Illinois State Board of Education’s selection of Tony Sanders as the next state superintendent.
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives has called the choice of Tony Sanders as the new Illinois State Board of Education superintendent another "failed Superintendent choice" by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives blasted Democrats over a new Wirepoints report that found not a single student at 53 Illinois high schools could do math at their grade level.
Enrollment at Indian Prairie School District 204 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Enrollment at Naperville Community Unit School District 203 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Enrollment at Community Unit School District 200 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.