Polling shows that around 75 percent of teachers find cellphones in the classroom to be a big, sometimes huge, distraction from the learning process. This bill, recently passed by the Illinois Senate, may start to change all that--but not everyone is into the idea of a classroom cellphone ban.
An 11-year-old girl from Rockford, Illinois, took her own life after enduring relentless bullying at school, and tragic situations like this have to stop.
The top ten elementary schools in Illinois list isn't strictly limited to Chicago and Chicagoland schools, but the majority of the top ten are located there.
Illinois makes a great showing in this new study of school districts across the country, especially when you consider that Illinois' top 3 best-rated school districts are also the top 3 best-rated school districts in the entire country.
The moms and graduating 8th grade students of Pecatonica Community Middle School in Pecatonica, Illinois pulled off an epic prank that still has people talking.