
Hannah Schmid
Policy Analyst at The Illinois Policy
Articles
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1 week ago |
illinoispolicy.org | Hannah Schmid
Illinois students are struggling to meet proficiency standards on state assessments. Instead of working to improve student learning, the state wants to lower standards to hide the crisis. Illinois students are struggling and the state ought to invest in improving their mastery of reading and mathematics. Instead, Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders wants to lower proficiency benchmarks on state assessments.
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1 week ago |
illinoispolicy.org | Hannah Schmid
The Educational Choice for Children Act continues to progress after it was included in the budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House on May 22. It is cause for hope for 15,000 low-income Illinois students who lost their private-school scholarships in 2023. Illinois students are closer to benefitting from a federal school choice program after it was included in the U.S. House budget reconciliation bill passed May 22 and now on the U.S. Senate floor.
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3 weeks ago |
illinoispolicy.org | Hannah Schmid
Tens of thousands of homeschool and private school families and other Illinoisans have filed opposition to House Bill 2827 – dubbed the ‘Homeschool Act.’ The bill is stalled on the House floor and poised for defeat. The “Homeschool Act” made history this legislative session, garnering more opposition than any other bill in recent Illinois legislative history. The fierce opposition is warranted.
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3 weeks ago |
illinoispolicy.org | Hannah Schmid
A federal bill is cause for hope for 15,000 low-income Illinois students who lost their private school scholarships in 2023. That’s when teachers unions got state lawmakers to kill the Invest in Kids program.
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3 weeks ago |
illinoispolicy.org | Hannah Schmid
Chicago Teachers Union members have reason to question the leadership of President Stacy Davis Gates heading into the May 16 union election. Her many scandals have driven down the union’s reputation. Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates has said some wild things, made enemies at other unions, prompted her members to sue, ran a deficit, didn’t pay her taxes or utilities and sent her son to private school instead of letting her members educate him.
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