Classrooms First: District consolidation can improve Illinois’ education outcomes while saving taxpayers money

By Adam Schuster

08/24/2021

Classrooms First Act would benefit virtually all Illinoisans including teachers, parents and students.

Bureaucrats over classrooms: Illinois wastes millions of education dollars on unnecessary layers of administration

By Orphe Divounguy, Adam Schuster, Bryce Hill

09/09/2019

Illinoisans pay large sums for public education, yet a large portion of the money goes to Illinois’ bloated school district bureaucracy that diverts resources away from the classroom. Through smart, strategic reforms, Illinoisans can better prepare their youth for the future as well as provide property tax relief.

School funding, the ballot box and Illinois’ high property taxes

By Austin Berg

03/08/2018

Before your school district asks for another penny in property taxes, ask your school board what they’re doing to get their own house in order.

TAGS: education, pensions, property taxes, teacher salaries

Illinois spends more on education, but outcomes lag

By Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

02/25/2018

Misplaced priorities in Illinois' education system may be the reason students are less prepared for college than peers in other states.

TAGS: college readiness, education, property taxes, spending, taxes

School buses finally arrive for East Aurora students, but unfairness remains

By Mailee Smith

09/01/2017

Thousands of East Aurora students will be able to take buses to school for the first time, but the community still stands as an example of how school district decisions don’t always prioritize students.

TAGS: Aurora, education, pensions, teacher salaries

Rahm’s celebration of test results ignores how CPS is still failing students

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

08/31/2017

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is touting a specific set of test scores showing improving student performance, while sweeping larger achievement problems under the rug.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education, Rahm Emanuel

Oportunidad: Student success, Hispanic achievement gaps and the future of Illinois

By Ted Dabrowski

08/30/2015

The achievement gaps between white and Hispanic students in Illinois’ public schools, and the need to fundamentally reform the education system.

High black imprisonment risk tied to educational opportunity

By Bryant Jackson-Green, Ted Dabrowski

07/15/2015

Fixing criminal-justice disparities means improving education as well.

Waukegan strike shows need for labor law reform

By Paul Kersey

10/24/2014

Waukegan Public Schools have been closed for more than three weeks because of a teacher strike called by the Lake County Federation of Teachers. At this point, the acrimony between the union and the administration must be severe; and the children who attend the district’s schools, along with a lot of teachers, are stuck in...

TAGS: labor, Lake County Federation of Teachers, strike, unions

Waukegan, beleaguered, needs school choice for a comeback

08/01/2014

Chicago’s North Shore is synonymous with million-dollar homes and top-notch schools. For decades, families have left Chicago to raise their families and educate their children in the North Shore suburbs. But tucked away within those wealthy villages is a city with schools on the other end of the spectrum. Waukegan, with a population of more...

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Classrooms First: District consolidation can improve Illinois’ education outcomes while saving taxpayers money

Bureaucrats over classrooms: Illinois wastes millions of education dollars on unnecessary layers of administration

School funding, the ballot box and Illinois’ high property taxes

Illinois spends more on education, but outcomes lag

School buses finally arrive for East Aurora students, but unfairness remains

Rahm’s celebration of test results ignores how CPS is still failing students

Oportunidad: Student success, Hispanic achievement gaps and the future of Illinois

High black imprisonment risk tied to educational opportunity

Waukegan strike shows need for labor law reform

Waukegan, beleaguered, needs school choice for a comeback

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students