After a long stretch as the law of the land, annual standardized tests are being put to, well, the test.

A showdown over state testing is intensifying, with the Illinois State Board of Education threatening to yank as much as hundreds of millions of dollars from districts that don’t administer a new state exam to students.

Wheaton school officials are rebooting their efforts to rebuild one of its major facilities.

School Funding Bill SB16 is being rewritten…

“This city west of Chicago (Wheaton) also scored high for school quality…”  

NEA President Lily Eskelsen García shares the text from her recent letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

The tests created for the Common Core Standards are not what we were told they would be.

Mrs. Gail Kramer began a summer reading program called “Reading Helps You Soar” at Carl Sandburg Elementary in Wheaton.

The Chicago Public Schools, the third largest system in the country, has decided to buck a mandate to give all its students a new Common Core test known as PARCC this school year, a decision that could have implications across the country for Core testing.

The Wheaton Warrenville Education Association (WWEA) would like to introduce Mr. James Stankevitz, a 20 year Science educator at WWSHS.