School officials across Illinois say a shortage of teachers and substitutes is forcing them to cancel course offerings, move them online or fill open positions with people who are not fully qualified.
Despite an upswing in cases of COVID-19, some area school officials say they have no plans to go remote.
Dianah McGreehan, president of Graduate and Professional Student Council, SIU Student Trustee Shaylee Clinton and Isaiah Overton, president of Undergraduate Student Government, say students want a safe return to in-person learning for spring semester.
Anyone interested in participating in the third cohort of the Golden Apple Accelerators teacher training program still has a time to apply.
Federal student loan payments have once again been pushed off, after officials had repeatedly said that the last extension had been the final one. President Joe Biden referenced the ongoing pandemic and economic recovery as reasons for the extension.
The exhilaration of teaching, learning and making art is the college’s major contribution to the renewed vision of the university.
Illinois State University will join the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and other colleges in starting the spring semester with remote learning. The university plans to resume in-person learning on Jan. 24.
Illinois State University President Terri Goss Kinzy announced on Tuesday that the school would start the spring semester with two weeks of remote learning in response to the surge in COVID-19 cases as the omicron variant spreads.
Since I started at The Pantagraph in August, my stories only span the later part of this year. Still, stepping into this new beat has given me a chance to cover stories that will have long term impacts on education, from pre-K through PhDs, in Bloomington-Normal. These past four months have …
Increasing incidents of fights, outbursts and violence in schools has resulted in two Illinois legislators advocating for pushing school districts to comply with 2019 legislation requiring threat assessment protocols.
Jo and Glenn Poshard, founders of the Poshard Foundation for Abused Children gave, Resilient Southern Illinois a $50,000 in grants on Wednesday.
Instructor Gayle Bowman talks about food competition at Clinton High School.
Illinois releases district-level data for school report cards showing declines across all demographics. Many students didn’t take the test.
The number released by the Illinois State Board of Education are just one measure of where students were last spring.
Last year, Union County CEO group came up with an idea that could fight the pandemic and sold Christmas boxes.
Across six buildings, three degree programs (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts), and thirteen areas of study, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design continues training artists, designers, educators and historians with the traditional fou…
More than 100,000 votes were cast between the last four schools in the competition.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Board again brought up the idea of purchasing turf for the school during its Monday night meeting.
DuQuoin High School’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America club recently went viral on TikTok for an act of kindness that touched a man’s heart.
Prospective students applying to any of Illinois' 12 public universities can now use the Common Application. That includes students considering Illinois State University in Normal and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
The first immigrants in McLean County were honored during the ISU Immigrants Day event.
In the face of numerous challenges external to SIU, the College of Business has been busy reshaping itself for a new and exciting future.
The recent opening of an Illinois Wesleyan University time capsule drew attention to some of the history preserved in area buildings. There is still plenty left to unearth though, with at least 19 time capsules still in place between Wesleyan and Illinois State University.
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Over 3,000 students and close to 7,000 spectators from across the state came to Hancock Stadium in Normal on Saturday for the Illinois State Marching Band Championships. READ MORE HERE.