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Northwestern University announces the 2021 recipients of the Racial Equity and Community Partnership grants program. Ten organizations will receive...
Many Illinois students have faced financial or technological limitations amid COVID-19, one enrollment expert says.
Banned conduct In the Logan County village of Mt. Pulaski, it is illegal for boys to hurl snowballs at trees. But there's no problem if girls want to ... Infamous Illinoisans James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, was born in Alton, while Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was born in Chicago. ASSOCIATED PRESS Wine o'clock Grapes are big business in the Land of Lincoln. The state has 105 wineries and produced 651,800 gallons of wine last year â the equivalent of about 3.2 million bottles. LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER, The Pantagraph Baby na...
From birth to career, Illinois students deserve an equitable and adequate education system Robin Steans, president of Advance Illinois; April Janney, acting president and CEO of Illinois Action for Children; Mimi Rodman, executive director of Stand for Children Illinois; Kyle Westbrook, executive director of Partnership for College Completion; and Diana Mendley Rauner, Ph.D, president of Start Early COVID-19 has upended the lives and education of children and young people throughout Illinois. As we enter 2021, we will need new ways of thinking and working to ensure our state’s education sys...
Click to listen to the story: The act is part of the Legislative Black Caucus’ education reform bill which passed through the Illinois legislature during the lame duck session. “We really believe we can't talk about advancing racial equity in Illinois higher education without talking about how we're going to reform our development education system,” said Goldman. She says community colleges over-rely on placement tests. That leads to over-placing Black students in those courses. The new plan allows students to show proficiency in other ways. They can get into college-level courses throu...