Samantha Smylie

Illinois educators, parents, and school leaders lobbied the state board of education to increase funding for schools by $550 million in its budget request for fiscal year 2026.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez talks to students at Prosser Career Academy High School in Belmont Cragin on Thursday.

Chicago Public Schools’ high school class of 2023 had a graduation rate of 85% and a 63% college enrollment rate, according to a new report by the To&Through Project and The University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research.

The joint report from the To&Through Project and the University of Chicago's Consortium on School Research highlights the need to look at disparities among race/ethnicity, gender, English learners, and students with disabilities.

Illinois kindergarten readiness can predict how students will do in third grade, says new report from the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative

The Illinois State Board of Education's 2024 report card is out. The state's public school students between 3-8th grade have seen reading scores exceed pre-pandemic levels, but math is still lagging.

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For the first time, Chicagoans will elect members of the city's school board on Nov. 5, 2024.

Five independent or pro-school choice candidates took early leads in Chicago's first school board elections , while two teachers union-backed

Ten seats representing 10 districts across the city were contested in the election. The winners will join 11 other members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.