The Illinois State Board of Education on Wednesday released its newly-updated educational standards for world languages, replacing ones that were adopted in 1997.

Until my recent appointment to the Illinois Senate, I was the secretary of the Illinois State Board of Education. That means I was a member of the board at the time we adopted the Culturally Respon… ...

Eight states will work cooperatively with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning to create and implement plans to draft statewide social-emotional learning standards and ...

The Illinois State Board of Education is considering a set of new standards for teachers aimed at making them more sensitive to students of different cultures and backgrounds, but they're ...

A document that edits the standards teachers are held to across the State of Illinois has been approved to move forward.

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 ...

Illinois students could be held to new standards for school testing, a shift the state school board says will better prepare them for college and postsecondary education careers while accurately ...

Illinois education officials want to lower the benchmarks for students to be considered proficient in math and reading on state tests, arguing their hardest-in-the-nation standards have led high ...

The Illinois Board of Education is lowering test scoring thresholds to align with national standards — a change that could raise proficiency rates this spring.

A new state law will improve drug overdose education standards in K-12 schools to help students understand substance use and overdose trends.

Illinois students could be held to new standards for school testing, a shift the state school board says will better prepare them for college and postsecondary education careers while accurately ...