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Articles on Education (Pre-K-12)

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Single Parents (December 20, 2019)
Lost and unconnected (December 19, 2019)
Curbing Corruptiont (November 22, 2019)
Start a movement (November 14, 2019)
Higher ed in disarray (September 30, 2019)
Urban violence experts (July 18, 2019)
We're at war essay (June 6, 2019)
Get kids out of violent neighborhoods (March 4, 2019)
School spending-achievement relationship? Not much (January 29, 2019)
Schools II (January 1, 2019)
Who is calling the signals? (November 5, 2018)
Where have all the teachers gone? (September 3, 2018)
Illinois school finance explained in 700 words (June 25, 2018)
America Squandering Future (October 18, 2019)
Illinois public schools on the defensive (September 4, 2017)
Illinois school finance 101 (August 28, 2017)
Illinois doesn’t know how many kids not in school (February 6, 2017)
Teacher shortages reflect turmoil in education (December 12, 2016)
Downstate schools get funding shaft (August 27, 2015)
Learning how things work, in Aurora (July 13, 2015)
Is high school football worth the risk?
(March 30, 2015)
Rauner and education in New Year
(December 28, 2014)
Can civics make a difference? (December 1, 2014)
School funding reform in the air
(October 13, 2014)
School aid formula should return to roots
(April l7, 2014)
Education in Illinois about to change
(March 10, 2014)
Lessons from Friday night football (November 11, 2013)
Let’s eliminate property tax for schools
(September 2, 2013)
Common Core is here in Illinois
(August 14, 2013)
Illinois higher education under stress
(August 12, 2013)
Illinois teachers under stress
(July 15, 2013)
Chicago bests downstate at school funding game
(March 4, 2013)
Top-notch schools key to small town success
(February 11, 2013)
How’s your teacher doing?
(October 22, 2012)
Choice is all the rage in education reform
(October 1, 2012)
“Common Core” under fire from conservatives (February 31, 2012)
Longer school day and year coming
(October 10, 2011)
Smart young lady key to major school reforms
(June 11, 2011)
School consolidation by state not way to go
(March 11, 2011)
Education reform group ready to play hardball
(November 16, 2010)
Great kindergarten teaching pays off later
(August 17, 2010)
For-profit colleges changing higher education
(May 24, 2010)