Federal funding cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are leading to the end of an Illinois ...

As CPS grapples with a massive budget deficit, new state figures show the gap between what CPS has and what it needs is ...

Only five of 22 schools with after-school programs led by Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois have funding for those programs for the new school year, leaving the organization scrambling to find ...

Illinois is set to become the first American state to mandate annual mental health screenings for students. Governor JB ...

About 2-in-5 Illinois elementary students can read at grade level, so there is a lot of room for improvement. Five new bills ...

Illinois education received a bump to the budget this year, but some education advocates hoped for more investment. The state budget package, signed on June 16, totals $55.1 billion. It prioritizes ...

Illinois lawmakers want to figure out how to close Chicago’s budget gap. However, they did not make any commitments on what ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has once again joined a coalition of other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, this time for blocking education funding as the school year is ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Boys & Girls Clubs across the state of Illinois face an economic crisis, as lost federal funding continues to have a significant impact on working families. While the ...