Urbana Middle School to stay remote this week
URBANA, Jan. 11 — Urbana Middle School will stay with remote instruction for the rest of this week. Absences among
Urbana school district sets five-day quarantine policy. Unit 4 sticks with ten.
Students and staff at Urbana public schools only need to isolate for five days after testing positive for COVID-19. District
Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person class
CHICAGO — Chicago schools are poised to resume classes after leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union accepted a proposal with
Centennial High School upperclassmen build back school community after the pandemic
CHAMPAIGN — Ninth graders started this fall at Centennial High School with trauma. There were midday gunshots near the Champaign high school in September. Other
The only public high school with a 2,000-year-old mummy is in Illinois
NAPERVILLE — 2,100 years ago, in the time of Cleopatra when the Greeks ruled ancient Egypt, a little girl died. She was around 7 years
One in four students regularly absent last year, Illinois report card shows
CHAMPAIGN — Learning did slow last year during pandemic school – especially for the state’s most vulnerable students. The Illinois State Board of Education dropped
Diversity in journalism schools
It’s no secret that journalism has a diversity problem – countless think pieces have been written about the topic, journalism schools and newsrooms have released
Facing a shortage of substitute teachers, the Urbana School Board offers them a raise
URBANA – Urbana District 116 is the latest area school district to raise pay for its substitute teachers. The Urbana school board approved the increase
Champaign schools will continue to use private security in the wake of police officer shortages
CHAMPAIGN – Chicago-based security company AGB will continue to guard Champaign public schools this year. The company won out against the other bidder for the
U of I team investigates spread of rural misinformation
URBANA – In some rural Illinois ZIP codes, only one in five people have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. A lack of correct information seems to
University of Illinois administrators address possible Quad City expansion, student diversity questions
URBANA — Faculty and students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign get an annual chance to air grievances and clear up rumors with the president
