Despite a revamp to ease partisan and regional opposition, Illinois lawmakers now see little chance of passing legislation this session that would overhaul the state's outdated school funding formula for the first time in two decades.The intent of the original bill was to increase state support
MORE >Kate Grossman will host eight seminars on the recent history of the school reform movement.
MORE >A new Illinois law—casually referred to as ‘Suffrage at 17’—now extends the right to vote to 17-year-olds across the state. Since this innovative policy took effect on January 1, nearly 3,500 suburban Cook County 17-year-olds have registered to vote. This means that for
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