Parents Encouraged to Include Emergency Preparedness in Back-to-School Plans
August is School and Campus Preparedness Month in Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL – In the next few weeks, students from pre-kindergarten...
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College Changes Everything™ Conference Highlights Critical Role of Higher Education in Economic Recovery and Growth
CHICAGO, IL –Almost 450 professionals, including education, government, private and non-profit leaders, came together on July 21st at the sixth...
Collins’ Proposed Education Improvements Become Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) was pleased to announce the governor signed into law on...
Our Schools Remain Separate and Unequal
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO, National Urban League Every Student Succeeds When Schools Are Funded Fairly More...
SAT Exam Will Replace PARCC Assessment for High School Students During 2016-17 School Year
All public high school juniors will take the SAT; students in grades 3-8 will continue to take the PARCC...
Illinois State Superintendent’s Statement on Illinois Education Budget
SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith, Ph.D., has released the following statement regarding Thursday’s passage of a...
Merck Partners With HBCUCONNECT.COM to Offer Exciting Leadership Career Opportunities to Graduating HBCU Students
Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) -- A new partnership has been established between Merck, a global biopharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of...
Marc H. Morial Statement on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (Fisher II)
Diversity in Colleges and Universities Essential to Expanding Opportunity NEW YORK – In response to the US Supreme Court's...
Summer Food Service Programs at Risk Due to Lack of Spending Authority
ISBE needs General Assembly to pass an education budget in order to offer feeding programs this summer SPRINGFIELD, IL...
Illinois State Board of Education Announces Board Video-Conference Meeting for June 16
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education announced the following schedule for its regular business meeting via video-conference...
