Latest Stories
Unit 5
- Students, community members largely defend teacher at Unit 5 meeting over 'Abolish ICE' shirt
- Unit 5 superintendent gives update on enrollment, transportation needs and cell phones
- Unit 5 board approves annual budget, learns of Weikle's retirement plans
- 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.
District 87
- District 87 looks to borrow $20M in bonds for early childhood center renovations, other improvements
- District 87 superintendent provides updates on facilities work, teachers and students
- Bent Elementary School welcomes new playground and greenspace
- 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
Higher Education
- Futurist pushes students and educators to learn how to use AI, not just ‘play' with it
- ISU's Ryan Pedon wants to play more Power 4 schools but major programs aren't interested
- ISU teaching assistant on leave faces federal charges over alleged threats to President Trump
- 'We're greedy': ISU women's basketball coach will aim for sixth straight postseason berth
- Sexual assault charges dropped against former director of ISU's School of Teaching and Learning
- ISU-Northwestern basketball exhibition to have a family feel for Collinses, Pedon
- ISU graduate teaching assistant charged with disturbing on-campus events
More education stories
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The Better Business Bureau of Central Illinois wants to empower seniors, and others, with knowledge that can help protect them against scams. -
As the Trump administration sends National Guard soldiers to Chicago, a half dozen Illinois State University students have been called to active duty this week. -
Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday night that Bloomington-Normal favorite son Adlai Stevenson II was her commencement speaker the year she graduated college. -
Eight years after putting in place a tool that gauges kindergarten readiness, more children in Illinois are showing up to elementary school ready to go, but gaps between different groups of students remain and are pronounced, according to a new report on public education in the state. -
The top academic officer and CFO at Illinois State University are asking the campus to have patience in the face of the federal government shutdown. -
At a joint news conference Friday, Carlock resident Desi Anderson was joined by state and national lawmakers to announce proposed legislation clamping down on student directory data that is not protected by current privacy laws. -
During his State of the University address, the president of Illinois State University said "funding pressures remain high and very concerning." -
Students majoring in the inaugural programs at Illinois State University's new College of Engineering are feeling positive. -
Nearly 600 new students began classes at the Bloomington campus this fall. Almost half are student-athletes. -
Illinois State University has set an enrollment record for the fourth year in a row, according to officials figures released Thursday for the fall 2025 semester.
