News & Issues

It has been found that groups that promote parent triggers, which allow parents to close public schools or reopen them as publicly funded charters, often spread false information about the schools.

The 11 finalists for Illinois Teacher of the Year have been announced, and a few of them have some rather interesting stories to tell from their classrooms.

A troubling discovery from the recent National Youth Tobacco Survey shows that use of e-cigarettes is up over the last year.

US Education Secretary Arne Duncan addressed some issues surrounding the school closings in Chicago, saying it was probably a very difficult decision to make.