Illinois Education Association
Recent News About Illinois Education Association
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Illinois Freedom Caucus: ‘Teachers’ Unions have a political foothold not only on Democrats, but some Republicans too’
In a move to reduce what they sees as undue influence in state politics, the Illinois Freedom Caucus is calling on the Illinois Republican Party to enact a rule prohibiting campaign contributions from teachers’ unions.
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Illinois State Board of Education, Balanced Accountability Measure Committee met May 25
Illinois State Board of Education, Balanced Accountability Measure Committee met Thursday, May 25
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Illinois State Board of Education met May 17
Illinois State Board of Education met Wednesday, May 17
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Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met May 2
Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met Tuesday, May 2
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Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee met May 2
Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee met Tuesday, May 2
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Illinois State Board of Education, Balanced Accountability Measure Committee met April 20
Illinois State Board of Education, Balanced Accountability Measure Committee met Thursday, April 20
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Illinois State Board of Education met April 19
Illinois State Board of Education met Wednesday, April 19
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Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee April 12
Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee Wednesday, April 12
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Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met April 4
Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met Tuesday, April 4
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Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee met May 2
Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee met Tuesday, May 2
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Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met May 2
Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met Tuesday, May 2
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Educational Freedom Institute executive director: Illinois politicians who shut down school choice funding are 'a bunch of hypocrites'
Corey DeAngelis, executive director of the Educational Freedom Institute, called Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch, all Democrats, “a bunch of hypocrites” because the Democratic-majority Illinois legislature did not extend a school-choice funding program, called Invest in Kids, in a May 26 tweet.
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Illinois Opportunity Project: ‘Contact your legislators now urging them to save this lifeline for over 9,000 families’
The Illinois Opportunity Project is advocating parents and schools to continue to reach out to legislators in support of the Invest in Kids Scholarship Program.
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Illinois teachers' union: too many ‘white students’ benefit from private school tax credit
Illinois largest teachers union says state leaders should kill the Illinois "Invest in Kids" private school tax credit program because too many “white students" benefit from it.
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Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee met April 12
Illinois State Board of Education, Education Policy Planning Committee met Wednesday, April 12
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Illinois Department of Human Services, Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security met March 1
Illinois Department of Human Services, Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security met Wednesday, March 1
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Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met April 4
Illinois State Board of Education Finance and Audit Committee met Tuesday, April 4
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Illinois State Board of Education, Performance Evaluation Advisory Council met Feb. 17
Illinois State Board of Education, Performance Evaluation Advisory Council met Friday, Feb. 17
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Teachers' Union Chief: Pritzker's forced masking required to create "normalcy" for Illinois children
Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery said Saturday that a Sangamon County judge's order allowing children to attend school maskless is a "threat to public health" and that it prevents "normalcy at school."
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Illinois State Board of Education met Nov. 18
Illinois State Board of Education met Thursday, Nov. 18.