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By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — From last-minute bus-schedule changes to pushback on the state mask mandate, area schools are opening for a new year ...

SPRINGFIELD — A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education room on Wednesday as many more stood outside the building to protest the state’s new indoor mask m...

By Anthony Zilis azilis@news-gazette.com The 275 sweet-potato plants she planted last year grew and grew, blanketing the barnyard the Mahomet-Seymour junior borrowed for the s...

by Jeff D'Alessio Following a competitive national search for their next head of school last winter, Countryside’s board of directors came to realize that the best person for th...

It’s a new day for learning in Unit 4,” new-to-town Superintendent SHELIA BOOZER (above) told Brian Barnhart on Monday’s “A Penny for Your Thoughts.” Among their topics of conv...

By ETHAN SIMMONS esimmons@news-gazette.com URBANA — What kind of experience prepares you to become an officer of diversity, equity and inclusion? At a glance, Brandon Caf...

The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from August 3, 2021. ISBE is launching a new interactive tool that allows students to make informed decisions ab...

The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from August 3, 2021. Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter for the Student Opportunities section for an informati...

By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — It was just two weeks ago that the Mahomet-Seymour school board approved a reopening plan. Given the changing land...

Jeff D'Alessio is editor of The News-Gazette. His email is jdalessio@news-gazette.com She coached Division I basketball at Nebraska and Western Illinois, directed development at ...

By DAVE HINTON dhinton@news-gazette.com High school marching band programs around the state are out in full force this week, holding camps in preparation for the season. U...

By ANTHONY ZILIS azilis@news-gazette.com URBANA — Three years ago, the Urbana school district commissioned a land-use study for its middle and high school campuses, which laid...

Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education #9 Earns Cognia System Accreditation ( Champaign, Illinois – 072821) – Regional Superintendent Gary L...

By PETER HANCOCK news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — Students with special needs will be able to finish their last year of high school regardless of when their birthday ...

By JEFF D’ALESSIO jdalessio@news-gazette.com A not-so-bold pandemic prediction from Unity school Superintendent ANDY LARSON in the wake of the latest round of new mask gui...

By Anthony Zilis azilis@news-gazette.co m CHAMPAIGN — Bonnie Blair was mostly among football players when she’d venture to the cage at the top of Centennial High School’s gym, ...

By ANTHONY ZILIS azilis@news-gazette.com TOLONO — The halls and parking lots at Unity High School are quiet for the first summer in years. Construction projects had become an ...

RANTOUL — The emptiness of the building struck Broadmeadow Elementary School janitor Jerry Justice when the pandemic first broke out during the spring of 2020. In his 21 years ...

CHAMPAIGN — Andy Place was, for a time, an assistant coach on Jeff Finke’s Champaign Central boys’ basketball staff. Beyond that, the 40-year-old’s seven-year stint with the Ma...

ST. JOSEPH — Last July, school plans were in flux, constantly changing as new COVID-19 data came in. Knowing how schools would operate simply wasn’t possible. This year, St. Jo...