Federal Funding Award to Advance K-12 Reforms, Improve Student Achievement and Boost Science Technology Engineering, Math (STEM) Learning Across Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced Illinois earned a $42.8 million federal grant under the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top (RTTT) program to help bolster[Read More…]

Karen Kissel (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University has appointed Karen Kissel, of Flossmoor, to the newly-created position of Vice President for Administration and Finance. “As Vice President for Administration and Finance, Karen will be a key member of our administrative team during this historic period at GSU,”[Read More…]

Please note date correction. University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Learn how to earn elementary or middle school teacher certification and secure a teaching position through Governors State University’s Alternative Certification Program. Information sessions will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 7 p.m., in the hall of Honors, at Governors State[Read More…]

New Science Classroom Building for Grayslake Campus Will Create More Than 120 Construction Jobs, Prepare Students for 21st Century Careers GRAYSLAKE–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced more than $17 million in Illinois Jobs Now! capital funding for construction of a new science building and renovation of existing science[Read More…]

Awards Will Help Build Statewide Systems of High Quality Early Education Programs Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Today, the White House announced that nine states – California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington – will receive grant awards from the $500 million Race to the Top-Early[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The President of the union representing teachers at Prairie State College is alleging nepotism on the part of the college President, Dr. Eric Radtke, and members of the Board of Trustees. In a letter to eNews Park Foreset, John H. Flannigan, and English Professor and President of[Read More…]

“This is great news for Illinois,” says Illinois Community College Board Chair Alexi Giannoulias Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2011. Helping adults in Illinois earn the credentials and skills they need to get and succeed in family-sustaining jobs are keys to fueling the economy and boosting employment. Jobs for the Future (JFF) has[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. Today, the Obama Administration released a report, Education and the American Jobs Act: Creating Jobs through Investments in Our Nation’s Schools, and interactive maps that highlight estimated benefits that states and local school districts would receive if Congress acts to pass the American Jobs Act.  The[Read More…]

New Registration Dates Added Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Due to a generous $20,000 grant from the State of Illinois, Prairie State College (PSC) is offering a free class, Bridge to Manufacturing Careers, from 1 to 4 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17. The course is intended to prepare students[Read More…]

Candlelight Vigil, Other Protests Planned CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Arbitrary school closings, turnarounds, consolidations, phase-outs and other drastic “school action” reform measures will not reduce the achievement gap among Chicago Public School students.  Ignoring poverty, income disparities and racial inequities within the city’s school district only deepens the education divide. This[Read More…]