Shepard High School French teacher Kelly Karstrand was named Illinois Foreign Language Teacher of the Year by a state ...

Teachers unions threaten to strike, then use that leverage in secret negotiations. Parents, taxpayers don’t know the contract ...

CTU president Stacy Davis Gates elected to lead new team at statewide teachers union The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on ...

Nearly three out of five Illinois teachers are considering leaving the profession, but Teach for America is working to fill those gaps in Chicago schools. More than 100 new corps members trained this ...

The Illinois Federation of Teachers, which represents thousands of educators at schools and universities across the state, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois, like many states, is facing a teacher shortage. A local organization aims to fix that. There are currently 5,300 unfilled positions in Illinois. More than 1,000 of those ...

Starting in 2026, Illinois schools will be required to teach students about climate change. One CPS school in Back of the ...

OREGON, Ill. (WTVO) —A statewide fellowship has given an Oregon elementary teacher the chance to advocate for early education across the state. “I knew I wanted to teach kindergarten. I bring in these ...

WOOD DALE, Ill. -- The Illinois Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday in which a teacher claims her maternity leave was denied by her school district after giving birth to her daughter the day before ...

BLOOMINGTON — A teach-in featuring the head of the Illinois NAACP, a breakfast to raise money for minority student scholarships and a dinner with a former U.S. attorney general are among ways colleges ...