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Evanston educators announce recommendations for school board

EVANSTON – The District Educators’ Council (DEC), District 65 Educational Secretarial and Clerical Association (DESC), Evanston Association of Child Care Professionals (EACCP), Evanston Custodial Maintenance Association (ECMA) and the Evanston Teacher Assistants Association (ETAA) have joined together as a coalition to recommend candidates for the Evanston-Skokie School District 65 (D65)…

Educators Rising Illinois is building up the next generation of teachers

Hundreds of educators, students and school administrators to attend Educators Rising conference NORMAL, IL – On March 6, more than 500 high school students, teachers and education professionals from across the state will gather in Bloomington for the fifth annual Educators Rising state conference. This program aims to strengthen the…

Disinformation circulating in St. Charles school board race

CHARLES, IL – The St. Charles Education Association (SCEA), St. Charles Educational Support Professionals (SCESP) and St. Charles Transportation and Maintenance (SCT&M) are addressing misleading flyers circulating in the community that misrepresent the recommendations of St. Charles School District 303 educators in the upcoming school board election. The flyer in…

Broadview educators announce recommendation for mayor

BROADVIEW – The Lindop Teachers’ Association (LTA) is recommending Mayor Katrina Thompson for re-election. Mayor Thompson has demonstrated a passion for the future of our schools, students and the Lindop School District 92 community. The LTA conducted a thorough endorsement process. Both mayoral candidates were sent a questionnaire, with a…

Crystal Lake School District 47 cites financial issues, announces reduction and elimination of positions while paying nearly $2 million to a staffing agency to fill open teaching positions

The District 47 administration is facing an unfair labor practice and an arbitration after illegally hiring an outside firm to recruit temporary teachers. CRYSTAL LAKE – The Crystal Lake School District 47 (D47) Board of Education recently approved the reduction and elimination of staffing positions for the 2025-26 school year.…

East Alton educators announce recommendations for District 13 School Board

EAST ALTON – The East Alton Education Association (EAEA) proudly announces its recommendation of five exceptional candidates for the East Alton School District 13 Board of Education for the April 1 election. These candidates have demonstrated a passion for the future of our schools, students, and community. The EAEA’s recommendations…

IEA statement on Gov. Pritzker’s budget address

SPRINGFIELD – Today Gov. JB Pritzker gave his annual budget address at the Capitol in Springfield. The following statement can be attributed to Al Llorens, president of the Illinois Education Association: “In a time when Illinois is facing a budget shortfall and much uncertainty about funding from the federal government,…

Burlington educators announce recommendations for District 301 school board

Burlington – The Central Education Association (CEA) is recommending Andy Dogan, Scott Mrkvicka, Ryan Wasson and Micheline Welch in the upcoming Central Community Unit School District 301 school board election. CEA represents more than 325 members, including early childhood through high school teachers and other licensed staff who support the…

Statement from Illinois Education Association President Al Llorens on changes to U.S. Homeland Security immigration policy

Springfield – This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is ending a well-established federal policy that regulated how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could operate in and around schools and churches. Previously, schools were classified as “sensitive locations,” which meant ICE agents were generally prohibited…

Kirby educators Announce Recommendations for District 140 School Board

Tinley Park – The Kirby Education Association (KEA) and the Kirby Para-Educator Association (KPEA) are recommending Carol DeMichael, Lucy Shalash, Aileen Mullee and Thomas Martelli in the upcoming Kirby School District 140 school board election. KEA represents 331 members, including preschool through eighth grade teachers, media directors, school counselors, social…

IEA statement on the repeal of WEP and GPO

For 40 years, educators have been fighting to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) laws that have deprived educators of earned Social Security benefits. That advocacy work has now paid off. This law denied more than 2.7 million of American public sector employees their hard-earned…

Cook County Commissioner visits District 59 schools, meets with educators and students

ELK GROVE VILLAGE – Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison toured schools in Community Consolidated School District 59 (CCSD59) on Tuesday. Morrison made the visit at the request of the District 59 Education Association (DEA). He met with students, staff and visited two schools. “We think it’s important for all of our…

U.S. House votes to repeal GPO-WEP, Senate is next

The following statement can be attributed to Al Llorens, president of the Illinois Education Association: “It is long past time to repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). This measure denies Illinois educators who are part of either the Teachers’ Retirement System or State Universities Retirement…