Illinois has too much school district administration. It has too much educational pension debt. There are ways to solve these problems to help students face challenges and taxpayers with ever increasing demands. Jeremiah Griffin was different from his classmates. Surviving open heart surgery at age 4 was just the beginning. “In kindergarten I noticed that […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker passed the following education laws in 2021. SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – 2021 was a landmark year for educational standards across Illinois, from investments in higher education to curriculum changes. Many of the changes will take effect in the coming school years. Standards for “culturally appealing teaching” The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules […]
Illinois needlessly wastes scarce education tax dollars on excessive layers of school district administration, simultaneously depriving students of resources that could be better used on instruction costs and driving up the cost of education for property taxpayers. Largely as a result, the state’s outcomes have lagged lower-spending states for a 16-year period. From 2003 to […]
The Illinois State Board of Education this week approved another year of state oversight of the Chicago Public Schools special education program. A state monitor has been overseeing the Chicago special education division since 2018 after a report found the Chicago Public Schools systematically delayed and denied services to students with disabilities in violation of […]
