Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
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What Cuts to the Department of Education Could Mean for Illinois
The U.S. Department of Education will soon ... everybody's going to get him got a couple minutes left to the Illinois State Board of Education says that so far they've received no formal ...
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Gov. Pritzker Joins Illinois Education Leaders Amid Unprecedented Federal Attacks on Public Education
Governor JB Pritzker joined hundreds of representatives from the Illinois Education Association (IEA) including leadership, ...
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How the Department of Education layoffs, proposed cuts affect Illinois
Attorneys general in 21 states, including Illinois' Kwame Raoul, have filed a lawsuit attempting to "stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education," according to a ...
20 states, including Illinois, suing over Trump's Department of Education layoffs
Here's what to know about the 20-state lawsuit seeking block the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education.
Pritzker and Illinois educators condemn Trump’s cuts at Department of Education
Gov. JB Pritzker warned at an Illinois Education Association convention Thursday that cuts to federal education funding could “damage the future of the people of Illinois,” shortly ...
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Illinois school districts brace for elimination of the U.S. Department of Education
As uncertainty sweeps the nation on the future of the U.S. Department of Education, we're digging into what Illinois programs ...
How chaos at the Education Department affects Illinois schools
Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...