FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Board of Education on Wednesday named veteran educator Elaine Farris as the state's interim education commissioner, pending a nationwide search for a new permanent commissioner.
From 2004 to 2008, the Chicago district (District 299) failed to make “Adequate Yearly Progress” (AYP) in key areas, according to the district’s progress report on the Illinois State Board of Education Web site. ...
If enacted, HCR 1034 would have encouraged "the State Board of Education and local boards of education to revise the recommended academic curriculum content standards in science to ensure that, upon graduation, all students can ...
Kent joined the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in 1996. He was appointed Commissioner of Education in 2000 by the State Board of Education and served in that capacity until his death. He is only the fourth person to ...
The Illinois governor made his intentions known in stunning fashion on Jan. 15, 2004, when he unloaded on Schiller's agency, the Illinois state board of education, during his annual State of the State address to the state ...
“I don’t think he should pursue it,” said the Illinois lawmaker, a former president of the Peoria Board of Education. “I’m disappointed that he is doing this.” He added: “Most of my colleagues are not just fed up with Blagojevich, ...
In December, Director of Urbana Adult Education David Adcock came before the board to ask for a loan, as much of its budget comes from state grants – which weren't arriving. At that point, Adcock said, the state was overdue on payments ...
The highly regarded School Construction Bond Program is jointly administered by the State Board of Education and the Capital Development Board and uses a rigorous evaluation process to vet and rank projects for school districts across ...
Previously, he was Vice President for housing and industry relations at Freddie Mac, where he managed initiatives focused on supporting minority homeownership and education efforts. As a Senior Advisor to the Federal Housing ...
Moseley Braun became Chicago Mayor Harold Washington’s (left) legislative floor leader and sponsored bills to reform education, to ban discrimination in housing and private clubs and to bar the State of Illinois from investing funds in ...
