REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 9

TOLONO — Bill Behrends remembers an obvious question during his interview to be Unity High’s next principal. “You’re coming in after a guy that’s been here 21 years. What do yo...

URBANA — Jesse Guzman hasn’t put much thought into filling the bare walls and mostly empty desk at his new office at Urbana High School. After all, the school’s new principal does...

CHAMPAIGN — During her 19 years in education, Sara Sanders has learned to appreciate students’ strengths, even when they manifest in disruptive ways. For instance, last year, a...

The College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign, in partnership with Experience Champaign-Urbana and Community Choices, has launched a new online directo...

Kara Allison moved to Mahomet in 1990, when she was in the seventh grade. Thirty-three years later, the third-grade teacher at Lincoln Trail Elementary School still calls it home....

Become a Google certified educator to sharpen your use of technology to enhance instruction and demonstrate your proficiency. In this Month's Tech Tip video Eric Santos will explai...

After graduating from the University of Illinois in 2003 with a degree in political science, Farhanah Faruque began a career in education policy research. Working behind a desk, t...

MAHOMET — Ava Boyd was, admittedly, a bit tired when she pulled into her house on July 31. A 2:30 a.m. wakeup and subsequent two-hour car ride from Eugene, Ore., to the Portlan...

URBANA — What do robotics, public speaking, filmmaking and dancing with Beyoncé’s choreographer have in common? They’re all things students in the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural...

RANTOUL — One three-letter acronym (AT&T) will give way to another (RCS) on the front of a building on the former Chanute Air Force Base airport grounds. Construction is underw...

After graduating from Illinois State University, Champaign native Katie Lessaris traveled the world, teaching in International Baccalaureate schools in Sweden, the Netherlands and...

Dave Hinton CHAMPAIGN — Countless former Champaign schoolchildren know Carlyle Johnson as the instrumental music teacher from their formative years. An older generation has a...

Growing up, Nicola Grohler enjoyed helping her mother in her special-education class in Sullivan. After graduating from Sullivan High School, though, Grohler decided to go a diffe...

Growing up in a military family, Serra Nicolette moved constantly, spending time living in Alabama, Arizona, Texas and Illinois, along with six years in Germany. When she went to ...

(The Hill ) – Panic has turned to preparation for professors and teachers as they look ahead to a new school year dealing with artificial intelligence. Educators have had sever...

After attending the University of Illinois on a suggestion from her high school orchestra conductor, Jackie Martin thought she would become a music teacher. She quickly changed co...

The new online education licensure program will allow college graduates to earn a teaching license. The program can be completed in approximately 12 months for secondary educat...

On June 29, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed SB 2390 (now PA-103-0111 ) into law. It is effective immediately. The law provides an extension for the Short-Term substitute teacher ap...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A new law signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month is trying to curb bullying at Illinois schools. One part of the law requires schools to...