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Governor:Pat Quinn
Superintendent of Education:Christopher Koch
Quality Counts state grade:C
Pre-K-12 enrollment:2,090,403
Number of school districts:872
Number of public schools:4,361
Number of public school teachers:132,983
Unadjusted education spending per student:$11,739
Percent minority students:48.7%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:44.1%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.5%
Percent of English-language learners:8.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:38.3%
8th grade math:32.8%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:33.3%
8th grade reading:33.9%

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Illinois' public and private colleges begin the task of gauging their efforts to train teachers to meet the standards' goals.
June 11, 2012 - Education Week
A Catalyst Chicago analysis finds the city's charter schools serve fewer special education students than regular public schools, and some charters have trouble melding their philosophies with those students' needs.
April 13, 2012 - Education Week
Technology companies such as IBM and Microsoft will help design curriculum to develop students’ technology skills and prepare them for jobs.
March 13, 2012 - Education Week
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline recently announced a revamped partnership with Facebook to use the site to help prevent suicides.
February 21, 2012 - Education Week
A new Illinois bill gives school boards and administrators the power to suspend or expel a student thats threatens a school employee, another student, or any school-related personnel on the Internet.
February 8, 2012 - Digital Directions
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
February 7, 2012 - Education Week
The agreement would give charter schools easier access to facilities and a likely increase in per-pupil funding, but make them subject to some of the same testing and accountability standards as traditional schools.
December 7, 2011 - Education Week
Just 13 of Chicago's 482 elementary schools have signed on so far for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to extend the school day by 90 minutes.
October 13, 2011 | Updated: June 15, 2012 - Education Week
A look back at 20 years of data on Chicago Public Schools paints a different picture of educational trends and progress than the statistics that the public sees.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week
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