The letter from the House committee asks for information on the U of I’s Chinese International student population — claiming that relying on foreign enrollment could pose a national security threat.
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public institutions like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.
Eleven people are competing to fill five open seats on the Champaign Unit 4 Board of Education. IPM News asked the candidates to answer yes-or-no questions related to issues that have come before the board in recent years.
Trump has derided the agency as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979.
Districts finding creative solutions to persistent shortage.
Annual educators’ survey showed lack of applicants, salary issues and poor working conditions among main causes.
A bill introduced in the Illinois General Assembly would prohibit public schools from using discriminatory references to disabilities as mascots — requiring Freeburg High School to phase out Midgets by 2028. Little people with dwarfism consider the term to be dehumanizing and derogatory. “We don’t want to erase history,” said Shelby Holloway, co-director of Mascots Matter, a national…
Superintendent Shelia Boozer said in a recent survey, Unit 4 families and teachers reported the change is having a positive impact.
NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge is open through May 2nd, for students in grades 4-12.
Illinois Public Media rides along for the first public bus tour for the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail.
Gardner is currently the associate principal at Central. She has a PhD in literacy from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
The school board voted unanimously to put Geddis on paid administrative leave, which would block Geddis’ access to work laptop, phone and key fob.
Gov. JB Pritzker plans to offer a proposal in his budget address Wednesday that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY Promise Healthcare at 424 E. Wabash in Rantoul will be closed Tuesday due to problems with the building’s heating system. Patients may call 217-600-7000 to reschedule. VERMILION COUNTY Danville School District 118: Due to staff absences, Danville Schools will be closed Tuesday.
When IPM News first spoke to Akul Dhawan’s parents, they blamed campus police for failing to find him. Now, they just want to move forward.