Illinois Federation of Teachers

The Illinois State Board of Education is weighing whether to replace the state’s annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness standardized test for grades 3 through 8 with three separate tests spread out in a school year. But teacher unions and education advocacy groups claim the proposed change would amount to more class time being dedicated to test preparation.

Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill last weekend that would have raised the minimum salary for Illinois public school teachers to $40,000 by 2022. In his veto…

A labor union is demanding the resignation of the head of Illinois' teacher pension system because it doesn’t like what he's been saying about the future…