
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 you...

After starting her teaching career in Los Angeles, Mindy Moberg moved to Champaign to pursue her master’s degree in school social work from the University of Illinois.
She’s spe...

Savannah Grammer has been working at GameDay Spirit since her sophomore year at Mahomet-Seymour High School. She spends time at the store’s warehouse and also helps at events.
T...

The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from November 29, 2022. For more information and contact information please view the newsletter. The 41st annual ...

On Wednesdays, we’ll introduce the talented students who make up Year 7 of High School Confidential, powered by Danville Area Community College. Next up: Urbana senior Jennifer Arr...

CHAMPAIGN — A multi-use Unit 4 facility is ready for its upgrades.
The Champaign school district will spend $11.2 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funds over the next cou...

URBANA — Urbana Bands’ “Room to Grow” campaign is more than halfway to its $100,000 fundraising goal, with “50,000-something” already committed, group leader and retired 30-year te...

The talented Champaign Central students involved in this week’s production of “Matilda” won’t be the only stars of the show.
Decker Theatre is a big draw, too.
Thursday marks...

HOMER — A lifelong educator who turned a summer job into a swim-education empire is being remembered as “a great guy” and a “second dad.”
Bruce Miller of rural Homer died in his...

As painful as the pandemic was for educators everywhere, it produced both of BRIAN BROOKS ' no-doubt-about-it favorite moments in his seven-plus years as St. Joseph-Ogden superint...

Described as “students who lead the charge” at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, twins Mason and Morgan Uden gave us a glimpse of their winning personality during Sunday’s “Faces of...

The best way for kindergartners to learn, teacher Kerry Hanson said, isn’t by sitting at a desk and putting pencil to paper.
After more than 20 years teaching young children, in...

Likely on the way out: Unit 4’s elementary “schools of choice” model, which Superintendent Shelia Boozer this week summarized as a failed initiative that “resulted in little to no ...

“That’s a mic drop,” Superintendent Jennifer Ivory-Tatum said after all seven school board members voted in favor of a package of proposals designed to lure more substitute teacher...

WESTVILLE — Now that the Westville school district has been chosen to receive $5.8 million for electric school buses, Superintendent Seth Miller said the next step is evaluating wh...

MAHOMET — A group of Mahomet area residents and business people toured the junior high school this week to get an idea of the overcrowding at the school.
Voters will head to the...

CHAMPAIGN — As he stood in front of around 60 community members Tuesday night in the gymnasium of Garden Hills Academy, David Sturtz wasn’t surprised by the tenor of response he an...