
Madison Lammert
Reporter at Republic-Times
@Report4America reporter covering early care and education in Northeast Wisconsin for the state's @USATODAY Network // she/ her // Opinions are my own
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2 weeks ago |
bnd.com | Madison Lammert
Nina McLean of James Avant Elementary School in East St. Louis School District 189 reads "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to a group of fifth graders during class. Belleville News-Democrat The East St. Louis school district stands to lose more than $19 million as the U.S. Department of Education claws back unspent federal pandemic-relief funding.
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1 month ago |
bnd.com | Madison Lammert |Hiba Ahmad
An empty special education classroom at Harmony Intermediate on Aug. 16, 2023. Harmony-Emge District 175, like other districts in the metro-east, is grappling with Illinois' teacher shortage. Belleville News-Democrat After President Donald Trump signed an anticipated executive order to further dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, educators on both sides of the Mississippi River question what's coming next.
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1 month ago |
bnd.com | Madison Lammert
As the dust settles on the Mississippi Valley Conference’s disbandment, a new look is coming together for Southwestern Conference football teams. Conference leadership is expecting more balanced competition, rivalries and, hopefully, multiple championships with the new league structure. “We’ve created from top to bottom one of the strongest conferences in the state of Illinois,” Southwest Conference Commissioner Bill Schmidt said.
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1 month ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Madison Lammert
As the dust settles on the Mississippi Valley Conference’s disbandment, a new look is coming together for Southwestern Conference football teams. Conference leadership is expecting more balanced competition, rivalries and, hopefully, multiple championships with the new league structure. “We’ve created from top to bottom one of the strongest conferences in the state of Illinois,” Southwest Conference Commissioner Bill Schmidt said.
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1 month ago |
bnd.com | Madison Lammert
From improved security to new playgrounds, Belleville's largest elementary and middle school district has an expansive summer bucket list. Members of the District 118 School Board will decide at next month's meeting if they want to issue and sell up to $12 million in working cash fund bonds to finance the project. If they choose to do so, the district could receive the money by May and work could commence at the start of summer's break, Superintendent Ryan Boike said.
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