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Unit 5
- After Minnesota killings, elected officials in B-N say violent rhetoric here comes at a cost
- Unit 5 restricts classroom cellphone use, but does not ban devices in school
- ‘You gotta smile’: Normal Community celebrates baseball team’s best season in history
- Video: District 87 and Unit 5 offer free meals for children and teens during summer
- McLean County school leaders disappointed new state budget doesn’t help more with busing and other mandated costs
- Retiring educators in McLean County share lessons learned over their careers
- Unit 5 teachers make voices heard on cell phones in the classroom
District 87
- 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
- Video: District 87 and Unit 5 offer free meals for children and teens during summer
- BHS seniors raise money for bus stop bench, making life 'marginally better' and leaving a legacy
- Retiring educators in McLean County share lessons learned over their careers
- Listen: What Bloomington High School students are excited about this summer
Higher Education
- Illinois State University reopens following storm-induced power outage
- Two Redbird baseball players selected in MLB draft
- ISU scholar expects birthright citizenship will be upheld after 'confusion and harm'
- Speech and hearing clinic at Illinois State University braces for Medicaid cuts
- 'We have to stay in the game': Illinois State opts in to direct payments to student-athletes
- Illinois Wesleyan adds nutrition, physical education and quantum science for 2025-26 school year
- Illinois to roll out direct admissions program for most state universities
More education stories
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Thomas Metcalf School sixth-graders designed and built a tiny house that Home Sweet Home Ministries will put in its shelter village. -
Protesters gathered on Independence Day in downtown Bloomington to speak against recent actions taken by the Trump Administration. -
Protesters gathered to spread word about the targeting of LGBTQIA+ individuals by government policies. -
Cecelia Long, who has been on the board since 2021, said she is stepping down to pursue professional and personal opportunities outside of the district. -
Rick Pearce, the No. 2 administrator at Heartland Community College, plans to retire this month after more than a decade at the Normal college. -
Kendrique Coats recently accepted a three-year role as mental health advisor for the committee. He spoke with WGLT correspondent Braden Fogerson about the need for more focus on student-athlete mental health. -
Sim Sandhu, a graduate of Heartland Community College [HCC], has been selected as the recipient of the Community College Distinguished Alumni award from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. Sandhu attended HCC from 2013 to 2014. -
Illinois State University is looking to expand housing and dining facilities to match its growing incoming classes. -
Gov. JB Pritzker named Doug Peterson, the director of AI strategy and implementation for Chicago-based pharmaceutical company AbbVie, to serve on ISU’s governing board.
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An Illinois Wesleyan University physics professor says the Trump administration's effort to choke off the supply of international students at U.S. universities is unwise. The administration is taking a hard line on visa approvals for international students, particularly those from China.
