CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn appointed two new trustees to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Governor Quinn named Christopher G. Kennedy, president of Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. and Lawrence Oliver II, chief counsel in charge of internal investigations for Chicago-based Boeing Co. to the board of trustees.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2009.  Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced draft requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation’s lowest performing schools. “If we are to put an end to stubborn cycles of poverty and social failure, and put our country[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2009.  Allowing police officers to patrol school campuses without specific guidelines outlining their roles and responsibilities can create a harmful environment that unnecessarily pushes students out of school and into the criminal justice system, according to a new white paper released today by the American Civil Liberties[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at GSU on Tuesday, September 1, from 1:30 to 7 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license renewal, replacement, and corrections; State ID card renewal, replacement, and corrections; vehicle[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009.  Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that John McNamara, former Rockford Mayor and Vice President for College Development at Rockford College, has been named to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. The committee is an independent and bipartisan source of advice and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2009.  Today’s report is another wake-up call that our students are treading the waters of academic achievement while other countries’ students are swimming faster and farther. Our students have stagnated educationally, putting our long-term economic security at risk. In math, our 15-year-olds’ scores now lag behind those[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2009.  The NAMM Foundation announced that it hosted a live, public teleconference today with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan to discuss his recent letter sent to school and education community leaders outlining the importance of the arts as a core academic subject in U.S. public[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University’s Graduate Program in Reading is sponsoring The Literacy Zone, a reading tutorial program for students in grades six through twelve. “This is a one-to-one program that brings students experiencing reading problems together with teachers who have the skills to help them,” explains Dr. Mary[Read More…]