Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health ...

Indiana pays less than 25 cents for every dollar of Medicaid while rich states pay up to 41 cents. America's debt crisis will ...

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 ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1560 Thursday, which would require the State Board of Education and a children’s ...

Illinois public school students could soon receive free mental health screenings each year thanks to a new law signed by Gov.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for ...

District officials say they expect to save about $165 million after laying off some central office staff and crossing guards ...

Former CPS chief Paul Vallas argues Chicago can solve its budget crisis by ending school subsidies, demanding pension parity, ...

Pritzker said Illinois is the first in the country to provide universal mental health screenings for children in public schools.

The Trump administration’s milestone settlement with Columbia promises to bring stability to a university in crisis. It also delivers a crucial win to President Donald Trump in ...

The press acts as if “higher education” = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland ...