High school students got the college experience staying on both Bloomington-Normal university campuses and learning from professionals from different career fields.

JB Pritzker called for creating a new agency in 2023 to consolidate and streamline services for infants and toddlers under one roof. The new agency is led by Secretary Teresa Ramos, who previously served as an education adviser in the Pritzker administration.

A new athletics space, three agriculture classrooms and a new home for the unit office are included in the project.

The book, Pilot’s Drive for Autonomy: The Neurodynamic Navigator System, provides a guide to children diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance [PDA], a subtype of autism.

Heartland is set to regain funding in most programs from last year, following the state's 1% increase in community college funding, but will lose a healthcare training grant.

The new state budget gives higher education a 1% increase in funding this year. Illinois State University's Vice President of Finance Glen Nelson says that's not enough to keep up with increased wages and other operating expenses.

Gov. JB Pritzker says he intends to sign legislation imposing a statewide ban on cell phones and other wireless communication devices during instructional time in public schools and charter schools.

Illinois Wesleyan University is leaning into technology improvement and expansion as it moves toward the 2026-27 school year.

As part of NPR's Climate Solutions Week, you'll learn about efforts to make sustainability and recycling easier for college students in Illinois. Because one student’s trash is another’s treasure come the next semester.

A bill introduced in the Illinois legislature would allow teachers to challenge notices of remedy, actions that go against school policy but can be fixed. Opponents have raised concern that this could erase documentation of patterns of abuse by teachers.