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District 186 discusses cell phone ban for students
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WAND) - A week after DPS61 finalized a plan to ban cell phones in schools across the district, Springfield's District 186 met to discuss their options. "We've got concerns about the emotional health of the students, there's distractions throughout the day that manifest into poor grades, but then at the core, I think that the biggest problem we've been facing are the behavioral issues," Micah Miller, President of the District 186 Board, said.
New Report Out Of Illinois Shows How For-Profit Colleges Are Not Benefiting Students
A new study from news outlet WBEZ has concluded that students are not benefiting from Illinois for-profit colleges. The research, which analyzed federal data in addition to surveying more than 250 current and former students, determined that students finds themselves in a worse situation after attending for-profit colleges in Illinois. The students, according to the… Continue reading New Report Out Of Illinois Shows How For-Profit Colleges Are Not Benefiting Students
Dreams dashed: The broken promises of for-profit colleges
The schools often target first-generation, low-income, and Black and brown students for recruitment. Students say they get saddled with debt and little to no job prospects. New federal regulations go into effect Monday that could withhold federal funding from 60% of Illinois’ for-profit schools unless they’re able to improve performance.
iFAB awarded $51 million EDA Tech Hubs grant to propel Central Illinois as a biomanufacturing leader
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub has been awarded approximately $51 million from the Tech Hubs Program through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The iFAB consortium, led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will receive a Phase 2 Implementation grant to position Central Illinois as a global leader in biomanufacturing and precision fermentation, supporting national security, economic growth, and job generation.
Meet the Peoria High School counselor named Illinois high school counselor of the year
A Peoria High School counselor was recently named the Illinois High School Counselor of the year. Myskeshia Mitchell started her 20-year career in education as a kindergarten teacher. It was her time as a teacher that inspired her to pursue counseling. “I taught kindergarten at the time, and the students...
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