But what lies behind those scores, released last week, is a more vital aspect of the state’s education system: the Illinois Learning Standards. Created in 1997, ...

Ron Grossman recently critiqued the Illinois Learning Standards (Perspective, Aug. 3). He subsequently received harsh criticism in a letter from Michael J. Palmisano of the Illinois Mathematics ...

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower ...

Transition to the new K-12 Illinois Learning Standards is not without its bumps, but some local educators say the occasionally rocky road will be worth the effort.

DECATUR - Just reading the Illinois State Learning Standards used to be enough to bring on a headache: One goal and its subheads in one subject takes up several printed ...

The 2023 Illinois Report Card, released by the Illinois State Board of Education last month, showed glimpses of students beginning to bounce back in learning levels and test scores after pandemic ...

The Illinois State Board of Education defines ... Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford said the “culturally responsive teaching and learning standards” underlying the bill she ...

Despite earning a master’s degree in engineering, Oscar Vallencourt can barely decipher his son’s fourth-grade math work. Chris Ball is fed up with the “dull and confusing” reading homework his 9-year ...