U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Plano) on Friday congratulating the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers men’s basketball team for reaching the NCAA Final Four and inspiring the nation.

Rep. Steven Reick (R-Woodstock) had questions and Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) had a strong opinion to share when Kankakee School District Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Felice Hybert proposed launching a $2 million pilot program for competency-based learning at the House Appropriations Elementary and Secondary Education Committee hearing Monday.

Prairie Grove Consolidated School District 46, Alden Hebron School District 19 and Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 received the best financial ratings by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2017 finances.

If Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has his way, former radical and terrorist, longtime fugitive and convicted murderer James William Kilgore will never again teach at the University of Illinois.

Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 received the lowest financial ratings in Illinois by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2017 finances.

Riley Community Consolidated School District 18, Marengo-Union Elementary Community School District 165 and McHenry Community High School District 156 were among the 640 Illinois school districts that achieved "financial recognition" by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2017 finances.

McHenry County College in Crystal Lake posted an “on time” graduation rate of 15 percent, according to the latest data on two-year schools compiled from U.S. Department of Education and Illinois State Comptroller tracking the performance and spending at 49 Illinois community colleges.

CHSD 155 in Crystal Lake receives $724 per student from the state to fund pensions for public school teachers and administrators – the most in McHenry County, according to a Wirepoints analysis of Teacher Retirement System data.

Earlville CUSD 9 in LaSalle County receives just $230 per student from the state to fund pensions for teachers and administrators, the lowest of all other districts, according to a Wirepoints analysis of Teacher Retirement System data.

Rondout SD 72 in Lake County receives $1,579 per student from the state to fund pensions for teachers and administrators, leading all other districts, according to a Wirepoints analysis of Teacher Retirement System data.

With an annual budget of $27,966,936 and 478 graduates in 2016, McHenry County College in Crystal Lake spent $58,530 per graduate in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of data tracking the performance and spending at 48 Illinois community colleges.

Sen. Karen McConnaughay (R-St. Charles) shared exactly how Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Superintendent Tony Smith has failed lawmakers.

Nine public schools in Illinois raised tuition faster than inflation over a three-year period, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of in-state tuition for 2013-14 and 2016-17 at 115 public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.

Illinois residents pay up to 76 percent more to attend a Big Ten school and up to 49 percent more to attend a Mid-America Conference school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.

About 50 percent of Hilltop Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and half of students failed.

About 38 percent of Hilltop Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 62 percent of students failed.

Academic results data released recently reveals 44 percent of Hilltop Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

About 26 percent of Harrison Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.

About 32 percent of Harrison Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 68 percent of students failed.

Academic results data released recently reveals 29 percent of Harrison Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.