In her 29th year at St. Thomas Catholic School in Philo and 40th overall in education, fifth-grade teacher Diane Deters still puts in the extra effort for her students.
Whether...
After finding her passion for teaching kids with special needs as a summer-camp leader for Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation six years ago, Alexandra Wells decided to stay in he...
Episode 4 is available for “The State Scoop” Podcast! In this episode Megan and Mindy discuss the spirit of the season, share ideas for engaging with students, and discuss all thi...
Sue Keeble doesn’t necessarily see music as the only end in itself for her students at Lincoln Trail Elementary School in Mahomet, where she’s taught for the last nine years after...
URBANA — Edison Middle School’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team has three games coming up soon, but the Comets took a day off from practice to help out at the Eastern Illinois ...
For Michael Froehlich, physical education is a class where all students can succeed in their own way. That’s one reason the third-year Champaign Central High School teacher enjoys...
Come listen to Mindy Bunselmeyer, Illinois Association FFA Executive Director share Illinois Agriculture Education highlights, tips and tricks. She will also be doing interviews a...
TOLONO — In just a few weeks, students at Unity High School raised funds to bring Thanksgiving meals to 78 households — that’s nearly 300 people.
This was the last year partici...
After growing up the daughter of a kindergarten teacher and an employee for the Illinois State Board of Education, Stephanie Grussing served multiple roles at Unity Junior High be...
Join Ben in this insightful video as he explores the exciting new features in Google Docs with Building Blocks. From drafting an email to adding watermarks to your documents, Ben ...
URBANA — Children, parents and educators gathered in the Urbana Early Childhood School Thursday evening to celebrate the institution’s 50-year anniversary.
Assistant Principal ...
It is no mystery that attracting a sufficient, high-quality pool of perspective school leader candidates to apply for an open school leadership position is a challenge. Data we ha...
For the majority of area schools, Monday's state report cards brought good news. For others, it showed there's work to do before moving up a rung in the Illinois State Board of Ed...
ST. JOSEPH — Night owls are flocking to St. Joseph Grade School … along with bats, raccoons, spiders and more.
The kindergarten nocturnal animals unit is about to culminate wit...
After she stepped away from coaching swimming and became a health club’s aquatics manager, Michelle Zimmerman-Bernardi noticed she missed the teaching aspect of her former profess...
Long before she was a high school English teacher at Mahomet-Seymour High School, where she’s taught since 2000, Carrie East was taught to read by a high-schooler in her hometown ...
Join Sarah Phelps as she simplifies your digital address book on our latest tech tip video this month. In this video, Sarah walks you through the hassle-free process of importing ...