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Unit 5
- Family reunification underway after threat at Normal Community High School
- Investigators say Chiddix Junior High Teacher whispered lewd things in a young girl's ear
- Chiddix Junior High teacher faces grooming charges
- Stan Gozur takes over as president of Unit 5 school board, is pleased with district's direction
- Unit 5 ends enrollment study with approval of new facilities and enrollment plan
- Unit 5 receives $30,000 grant to expand news literacy instruction
- Unit 5 plans to monitor projected growth in Carlock as the district plans to spare its grade school
District 87
- Justice Department investigates District 87, Ridgeview and 34 other Illinois school districts over 'gender ideology'
- School psychologists 'drowning' as school sales tax hasn't yet filled a District 87 mental health gap
- District 87 superintendent sounds off on State Farm departure, phones and SNAP benefits
- District 87's David Mouser named a Superintendent of Distinction
- Unit 5 adopts new reading curriculum that has classrooms hooked on phonics
- Readers' theater teaches Stevenson Elementary students about Black history
- Unit 5 and District 87 switch to e-learning on Friday due to extreme cold forecast
Higher Education
- Judge denies attempt to kick temporary workers at ISU off the job as AFSCME strike continues
- Gov. Pritzker wants AFSCME and ISU to resume negotiations as strike hits 4th week
- Illinois State Athletics discontinues men’s tennis, effective immediately
- Striking ISU workers struggling with cost of living as work stoppage continues
- Illinois State University sticking to final offer in AFSCME strike negotiations
- 'Quantum Across Illinois' wants to build the next workforce in quantum technology
- Illinois Wesleyan names new director of Petrick Idea Center
More education stories
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Illinois State University officials on Friday acknowledged using external companies to perform custodial and grounds work on campus during the AFSCME strike, a claim that the union contends in a lawsuit is a violation of state law. ISU officials maintain they are in compliance with hiring and procurement laws. -
On day 17 of the AFSCME Local 1110 strike, union representatives presented the president of Illinois State University with nearly 7,000 petition signatures urging his negotiation of a fair deal. A state senator on campus said the strike is "putting pressure on us as legislators as well." -
At an Illinois House committee hearing in Springfield on Thursday, Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule requested more state funding as striking employees also in attendance claimed ISU was not negotiating with them in good faith. -
Normal Community, Normal West and Bloomington High School play in a co-op for girls lacrosse. A new IHSA rule makes it ineligible for playoffs starting in 2027. -
A new report from the National Institute for Early Education Research found Illinois’ rate of growth in enrollment and funding for universal preschool is slowing, despite state efforts to expand preschool programming. -
The union representing building and dining service workers at Illinois State University has sued the university, alleging it violated state law by hiring temporary workers during the union’s strike, which is now in its third week. -
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) told U of I it could not bring out its then mascot at championship games. The NCAA said Chief Illiniwek was hostile to Indigenous communities. -
After more than two weeks on the picket line, tenured and tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield have a deal to return to work. Faculty will be back in the classroom Monday. -
Illinois State University's faculty union said Thursday it's filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the university and its Board of Trustees after its members were allegedly asked to do the work of striking workers from another union.
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Heartland Community College and three other institutions together generate $799.6 million in economic impact and support 10,464 jobs across Central Illinois, according to a new study.
