Despite life-saving opportunities created by charter schools here, there are few states where charter schools encounter as many fights from labor unions and their friendly politicians, especially in Chicago, and opportunities for downstate chartering are...

Illinois allows work-based and CTE learning in schools, enacting legislation to support postsecondary college and career readiness. Other initiatives, including competency- and mastery-based learning and virtual schools, happen at the local level.

Governor J.B. Pritzker bucked the national trend by being the only statewide elected official to eliminate a growing major education freedom program, Invest in Kids. Even after repeated pleas to allow the families in the program to finish their education,...

Thousands of Black and Hispanic families are left scrambling to find funds to continue their education at the school of their choosing. Illinois is the only state in the country to end an education choice program.

School report cards are easily accessible by clicking the “IL Report Card” button at the top of the Illinois State Board of Education homepage. Report cards are searchable by school, district, city, county, address or zip code. Individual school reports are...

One of many data points to assess whether a state has the right policies in place to ensure teacher quality is the "use of student achievement data in teacher preparation accountability." How empty or full the fuel tank above is will give you the answer for your state.

The Illinois Constitution contains both a Compelled Support Clause and a Blaine Amendment. The Illinois Supreme Court permitted some public support for children attending religious schools, though. "The Illinois Supreme Court has found that only direct,...