President Trump has signed as executive order to start the process of dismantling the Department of Education, and the move has spawned strong reaction from local politicians.

Amid reports the White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, many are asking what ...

Jill Friday said her Spanish language classrooms at Southeast High School in Springfield last year often felt like student living rooms, with kids scrolling on their phones, ...

Detransitioners get a personal meeting with Education Secretary Linda McMahon for fifth annual Detransitioner Awareness Day.

Mrs. Pritzker and her husband co-founded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which her obituary says is widely considered the ...

The remarks also came days after the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $26.3 million grant to the Illinois State Board of Education that helped Illinois schools and child care facilities buy ...

Governor JB Pritzker rallies against federal education budget cuts, highlighting their impact on Illinois schools and ...

SOUNDS FAMILIAR: The Trump administration is targeting Chicago again. This time, the newly created Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is investigating incidents and allegations of antisemitism ...

His remarks came just two days after the agency abruptly laid off 1,300 employees, or about half its workforce, including an ...

Gov. JB Pritzker warned at an Illinois Education Association convention Thursday that cuts to federal education funding could “damage the future of the people of Illinois,” shortly ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t planning to passively watch as the U.S. Department of Education is dismantled. “There is an ...

Sweeping layoffs announced this week are part of a dramatic downsizing of the Department of Education. Gov. JB Pritzker ...