Illinois State Board Of Education
Recent News About Illinois State Board Of Education
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Former Illinois GOP candidate Ives sounds off over low student test scores: 'Make no mistake the DEMOCRATS are responsible for this'
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.
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Former gubernatorial candidate Ives calls Sanders 'total disaster' as Pritzker's choice for education 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.
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Burr Ridge business owner decries superintendent's selection: ‘Under his aegis, U-46 began 'partnering with' Panorama 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.
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Trussell: ‘Just 2 in 10 students in his district can read at grade level’
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.
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State House GOP candidate Mazzochi says families 'felt abandoned' during pandemic school closures
Deanne Mazzochi, the Republican candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives District 45 race, recently provided a written statement regarding school closures.
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McCombie: 'The children of our state are our most important asset'
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.
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Curran calls mask mandate enforcement 'a very heavy-handed tactic that does not afford any due process'
State Sen. John Curran (R-Lemont) is demanding answers over enforcement of the governor's mask mandate for schools.
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'Due process is necessary': Curran wants clarification on punishment process for Illinois schools bucking mask mandate
Republican state Rep. John Curran is pushing for clarification on the process under which schools are punished under Illinois' school mask mandate.
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In 'easy decision,' Timothy Christian Schools to comply with Illinois 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.
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Anna Choudry earned $29,300 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2020
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.
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Parents demand Naperville District 203 reopen schools
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.
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Mazzochi convinced 'Culturally Responsive' proposed school changes lead back to Illinois governor
Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Westmont) suspects the push to alter public school standards in Illinois drastically has Gov. J.B. Pritzker's fingerprints.
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Alan Hinrichs earns $94,600 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2019
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.
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Carl Holman earns $96,000 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2019
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.
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Debbi Smith earns $96,500 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2019
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.
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Ronald Bailey earns $97,000 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2019
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.
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Kimberly Beachy earns $97,500 working on the Illinois State Board of Education during 2019
Kimberly Beachy 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.
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Sergio Hernandez earns $55,900 at Illinois State Board of Education in 2019
Sergio Hernandez earned $55,900 during 2019 working on the Illinois State Board of Education as a principal consultant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Harley Hepner earns $87,900 at Illinois State Board of Education in 2019
Harley Hepner earned $87,900 during 2019 working on the Illinois State Board of Education as a principal consultant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Michelle Heninger earns $87,900 at Illinois State Board of Education in 2019
Michelle Heninger earned $87,900 during 2019 working on the Illinois State Board of Education as a principal consultant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.