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Unit 5 leaders are looking at cutting three dozen full-time teaching positions and two administrator roles for next school year, as well as eliminating two programs — fifth-grade band/orchestra and eighth-grade foreign language — to address a multi-million dollar deficit.
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Unit 5 elementary students are set to return to the classroom every day in under two weeks--and that’s causing anxiety for their teachers.Lindsey…
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Unit 5 Superintendent Kristen Weikle announced Wednesday night a planned return to in-person learning, saying the district hopes to bring students back to…
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If you’re wondering how teachers unions will survive after the Supreme Court’s Janus decision, consider Bloomington’s District 87 as a test case.District…
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Editor's note: This is Part 4 of GLT’s Skipping School, a special series about the teacher shortage facing Illinois schools. You can also read Part 1,…
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Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of GLT’s Skipping School, a special series about the teacher shortage facing Illinois schools.Derek Sieg is an educator with…
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The Unit 5 school district and the union representing its teachers have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement.Unit 5 and the Unit Five…
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The Illinois Senate has approved a new system for funding schools that will reduce large disparities between wealthy and poor districts.Legislators voted…