New IL tax credit sends $36mil to private schools
Illinoisans can apply for a new tax credit when they donate up to $1 mil to private school scholarships; the change has its critics.
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Judge won’t stop a transgender policy in Dist. 211
Students at northwest-suburban high schools would probably agree: students should use bathrooms based on gender identity.
Feminine hygiene products available in IL schools
A new law in IL will make tampons and pads available to 6th through 12th graders in the bathrooms of their schools. Good idea!
Sometimes modified block schedules work best
Block schedule or traditional schedule? Which works best for high school? It doesn’t have to be all-or-none, a student journalist points out.
School cancelled in Litchfield IL over flu outbreak
Because several students have been absent due to a flu outbreak in S. Ill., one district just cancelled school to make a 4-day weekend.
Mattoon honors a teacher & school shooting hero
A math and PE teacher in Central IL was honored Thursday for springing into action to protect students from a school shooter.
Lawsuit filed in Palatine transgender case
The transgender bathroom issue keeps coming up, most recently in a lawsuit filed in the suburban Chicago district where it all began.
Chicago considers closing 4 Englewood high schools
4 high schools in one of Chicago’s poorest and most African-American communities may close to build a new state-of-the-art h.s.
IL Assembly overrides a student loan rights veto
Overriding a veto, the IL General Assembly moved to protect the rights of students who borrow money for college.
Despite social media, no shooting at Pekin H.S.
Despite what students may have heard via social media, there was never a real threat to student safety at a h.s. near Peoria, IL.