February, 2018 Stories | SE Illinois News

Statewide test results: 90 percent of Eldorado failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 15, 2018

About 10 percent of Eldorado Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 90 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 87 percent of Eldorado students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 15, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 13 percent of Eldorado Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 69 percent of North Side failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 14, 2018

About 31 percent of North Side Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 69 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 67 percent of North Side students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 14, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 33 percent of North Side Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 64 percent of North Side students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 14, 2018

About 36 percent of North Side Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 64 percent of students failed.

Illinois pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute least?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 14, 2018

Government pension funds in Eldorado, Fairfield and Harrisburg depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Bailey says lottery chairman should have been fired

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 13, 2018

Darren Bailey isn’t happy about Illinois Lottery Control Board Chairman Blair Garber’s being forced to resign as punishment for ridiculing East St. Louis as the “sh**hole of the universe” in a social media post.

Statewide test results: 74 percent of Mt Carmel failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 13, 2018

About 26 percent of Mt Carmel Grade School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.

Analysis: 73 percent of Mt Carmel students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 13, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 27 percent of Mt Carmel Grade School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 65 percent of Allendale students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 13, 2018

About 35 percent of Allendale Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 65 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 66 percent of Allendale students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 13, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 34 percent of Allendale Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 66 percent of Allendale failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 13, 2018

About 34 percent of Allendale Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 66 percent of students failed.

Statewide test results: 73 percent of Mt Carmel students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 13, 2018

About 27 percent of Mt Carmel Grade School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: On campuses of all sizes, Illinoisans pay higher in-state tuition than Midwest peers

By LGIS Newsfeed | 7 years ago

An Illinoisan attending the University of Illinois will spend nearly $8,000 more per year than a Missourian at Missouri State University-Springfield, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of 116 four-year public universities in 10 Midwestern states based on enrollment.