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The Education Department said states risk federal funding if they don’t end DEI programs the feds deem illegal. Illinois said it already pledges to comply with anti-discrimination laws.

YWCA McLean County has added a no-cost before and after-school care opportunity for low-income families with students who attend District 87’s Sheridan Elementary School. Meanwhile, parents and guardians get to take advantage of monthly educational seminars on topics like budgeting and finding employment.

Amid a national movement to update instruction to match what science says about learning to read, Illinois adopts a blueprint to improve reading.

A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education room on Wednesday as many more stood outside the building to protest the state’s new indoor mask mandate in all public and nonpublic schools.

Some school districts in central Illinois may have school boards that don't agree with Gov. JB Pritzker's mask mandate for students Pre-K through 12. But the regional school superintendent for McLean, Logan, Dewitt, and Livingston counties said this week any superintendent that feels squeezed can lean on the state board of education for backup.

Some school districts in central Illinois may have school boards that don't agree with Gov. JB Pritzker's mask mandate for students Pre-K through 12. But the regional school superintendent for McLean, Logan, Dewitt, and Livingston counties said this week any superintendent that feels squeezed can lean on the state board of education for backup.

A bill updating Illinois sex education standards passed through the Illinois Senate Thursday after a contentious debate.

The Illinois State Board of Education is supporting a full return to in-person learning in K-12 schools starting this fall, even as members of the board are concerned the resolution leaves certain students behind.

A Chicago state senator wants to withhold funding from schools that apply dress codes to hairstyles. School associations and the Illinois State Board of Education are worried the bill's punishment mechanism goes too far.

Students will be allowed to return to K-12 schools for in-person instruction in August, state officials said Tuesday as they released guidelines for how…