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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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The Lone Star State will begin tests of student-athletes this spring.
January 17, 2008 - Education Week
David McGrath reflects on his years teaching in Chicago's "war zone."
November 26, 2007 - Education Week
Public schools in Illinois are grappling with how to go about providing a moment of silence for students each day, after the state legislature this month overrode the governor’s veto of the requirement.
October 18, 2007 - Education Week
In directly running a growing stable of charter schools, the University of Chicago is part of a trend among higher education institutions nationally.
October 9, 2007 - Education Week
Even as the 2008 fiscal year gets into full swing for most states, a handful—including Florida, Michigan, and Illinois—are still ironing the kinks out of their cash-strapped budgets.
October 5, 2007 - Education Week
The district will expand after-school programs and other measures aimed at keeping students out of gangs and reducing youth violence.
September 21, 2007 - Education Week
The grants will fund in-depth principal-preparation programs ranging from vigorous recruitment efforts to on-the-job coaching and mentoring.
September 4, 2007 - Education Week
Young children who took part in an intervention program run by the Chicago public schools continue to benefit from the services well into adulthood.
August 14, 2007 - Education Week
It is time for higher education to take a far greater, and significantly different, responsibility for pre-K-12 schooling, Timothy Knowles, Stephen Raudenbush, and Henry S. Webber write.
July 17, 2007 - Education Week
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July 16, 2007 - Education Week

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