The Southern Illinois University Center for Archaeological Investigations Summer Field School has spent time the past few years excavating at …
The donations announced Tuesday is the third round of no-strings-attached, major philanthropic gifts Scott has made.
Faced with lingering effects of the pandemic and years of financial disinvestment, the Illinois Board of Higher Education released an ambitiou…
For more than 50 years, The Southern Illinoisan has partnered with the Society of High School Achievement, an organization of high school admi…
A proposal to require Illinois public schools to give standardized tests three times during the next academic year has been put on pause to gi…
More than a dozen community groups, fraternities and sororities presented nearly $80,000 in scholarship funds to African American students in …
The bill would require every elementary and high school in the state to devote a unit of curriculum to the history of Asian Americans in the U…
Derissa Davis’ energy seemed to know no bounds on May 8 as she pursued her community’s vision of turning an abandoned lot into a vegetable gar…
An Illinois bill requiring a unit of Asian American history in all public elementary and high schools in the state is on track to becoming law.Â
All high schools in Illinois would be required to offer instruction in how to understand and evaluate news and social media as part of their c…
John Gaddis – a historian, professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author – will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public…
When Tony Sanders learned the Illinois State Board of Education could mandate fully in-person classes next school year, he decided to delay a …
High school participants in CEO programs which expose them to business leaders and teach them to launch their own businesses are completing th…
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct the race of the female track coach. The Southern regrets the error.Â
CARBONDALE — Gary Kelly’s career began in the classroom some 36 years ago.
CARBONDALE — In next week’s consolidated election, five candidates are vying for four seats on Carbondale’s District 95 School Board.
At the School of Music, one thing is clear: The show must go on.
Nearly half of all undergraduate applicants did not submit ACT or SAT scores to Illinois’ largest university during the pandemic-altered admis…
Banterra Bank has announced a $30,000 donation to the Rend Lake College Foundation in Ina to support the expansion of the college’s Learning R…
The long-standing 6-feet social distancing rule for Illinois schools has been halved to 3 feet, part of loosened guidelines unveiled by state …
Nearly a year after schools shut down statewide because of the COVID-19 pandemic, School District U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders said it’s b…
Southern Illinois University and John A. Logan College officials said they are not planning to use the recently FDA-authorized University of I…
SIU Carbondale is commemorating Women’s History Month in March with an eclectic selection of special events, including acclaimed guest speaker…
Illinois is facing a statewide teacher shortage and school districts in the rural parts of the state have reported the most severe issues as a…
SPRINGFIELD — Hiring teachers is even more difficult in southwest Illinois school districts than it is in most of the rest of the state, accor…
A new survey of Illinois school districts shows most are continuing to have trouble filling open teaching positions with qualified teachers an…
A new survey of Illinois school districts shows most are continuing to have trouble filling open teaching positions with qualified teachers an…
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