Latest Stories
Unit 5
- Unit 5 and District 87 start school year with new high school phone policies
- Unit 5 board presented outline of annual budget, OKs new contract for Weikle
- Unit 5 mourns death of 'beloved' Kingsley Junior High teacher in bike crash
- Normal Community senior attends mock Senate in D.C.
- Unit 5 board approves purchasing new flooring, used buses
- Unit 5 waiting on nearly $1 million as Trump administration withholds education grant money
- High schoolers hone their professional craft at nationwide career skills competition
District 87
- District 87 considers easing graduation requirements for students new to the country
- Unit 5 and District 87 start school year with new high school phone policies
- Promise Council provides warm welcome to students at two dozen McLean County schools
- YWCA after-school programming expands to Bloomington Junior High
- Accessibility-focused playground coming to Stevenson Elementary School
- District 87 planning around federal grant funding delays, change in SNAP eligibility requirements
- High schoolers hone their professional craft at nationwide career skills competition
Higher Education
- Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to speak at IWU and give master class at ISU in October
- ISU legal scholar on the First Amendment: 'It’s very misunderstood'
- Bloomington business family matriarch Linda Shirk passes away
- ISU students express gratitude and frustration about road barriers blocking key intersection on campus
- Green infrastructure could help reduce flooding and water pollution in Bloomington-Normal
- WGLT welcomes a new class of interns
- Amid high-profile court challenges, ISU's new Legal Studies chief says education is key to building trust in the system
More education stories
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The Bloomington Career Academy is largely moved in at the Willie G. and Gloria Brown Education Center that District 87 purchased from State Farm in 2024. -
A Bloomington-based early childhood program for low-income families has won renewal of a critical grant to keep operating for at least another five years. -
Mark Jontry, the regional superintendent of schools for McLean County and other nearby counties, will not run for re-election after this term ends, but he has a new candidate in mind to replace him. -
A bill waiting for Governor J.B. Pritzker’s signature would provide more transparency about homeless students in the state and how schools use money meant to support them. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports… -
A new union representing employees at Illinois State University’s lab schools hopes to begin negotiating its first contract sometime this fall. -
Bill Sulaski, a longtime community leader and booster of Illinois State University, has died at age 85. He was the first chair on ISU's Board of Trustees. -
ISU's annual Front-Yard Freecycle event offered new and returning students on campus to claim dorm room and apartment must haves with no charge. -
The City of Bloomington will hold an Inclusion & Access Compliance Symposium from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 26 at Heartland Community College’s Astroth Building. -
Joe McQueen is the new principal at Hammitt Elementary in Normal. He worked there as an Illinois State University student two decades ago. -
Illinois State University is sending a calming message to students and employees as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to squelch diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
