Unchain the charter schools
Crossposted at ChicagoTribune.com Here’s a haunting statistic that we cannot repeat too often: Of all the school districts in the U.S., Chicago Public Schools has one of the longest waiting lists for...
View ArticleAre Internet Charter Schools The Future?
By Josh Dwyer | Illinois Policy Institute More than 10,000 students across Idaho will be using Khan Academy, the successful Internet education organization, in their classroom this coming school year....
View ArticleA moratorium on online learning means missed opportunities for Illinois’...
By Scott Reeder | Illinois Policy Institute SPRINGFIELD – The most startling thing about being a parent for me is how remarkably different each of my three daughters are. It’s as if each was born with...
View ArticleIllinois is worth fighting for
by Scott Reeder | Illinois Policy Institute Every once in a while someone will ask, “Scott, why are you so critical of Illinois?” My response is simple: I love it here. This is the state where I was...
View ArticleTrends in Public Education
By Veronique de Rugy – NRO I continue to be amazed by this chart. Its author is Andrew Coulson at the Cato Institute and it shows there is no connection between the level of spending per student...
View Article“College is too expensive”– Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe
by Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg | Reason Magazine “If we are lending money that ostensibly we don’t have to kids who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs that clearly...
View ArticleCollege of DuPage President Helps Quinn Electioneer in Quid Pro Quo
by Lennie Jarratt For the Good of Illinois has broken a bombshell story where the President of the College of DuPage offers Quinn votes in the upcoming election if Quinn will give him $20 million in...
View ArticleSchool District 300 Discusses A 1.5% Property Tax Increase
from First Electric Newspaper The D300 Board of Education Monday reviewed the District’s tentative 2014-15 school year budget which calls for a slim $53,000 more revenue than $213 million worth of...
View ArticleD300 Property Tax Relief Through Debt Restructure Plan
from the First Electric Newspaper The District 300 Board of Education Tuesday approved another round of bond restructuring to lower the cost of paying for school expansions about 10 years ago when the...
View ArticlePaying For Education In The 21st Century
by Steve Reick After pensions, the biggest issue facing Illinois taxpayers (at least, until the impending Medicaid crisis overtakes it) is education funding. How we fund our schools has an impact at...
View ArticleAnnouncement Video
Full uncut footage of Allen Skillicorn’s announcement and campaign kickoff Bandito Barney’s in East Dundee, Thursday, November 19, 2015. Guest speakers for the program include: Jeff Meyer (MC) Pat...
View ArticleGov. Bruce Rauner’s 2016 State of the State Address
Read the complete transcript of Gov. Rauner’s 2016 State of the State Address here. The post Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2016 State of the State Address appeared first on Allen Skillicorn for State...
View Article2016 D300 Science Fair At Dundee Crown
Every year Heather and I looked forward to judging the D300 Science Fair. It’s always a treat to meet the best and brightest of the next generation! This year we met at least two scientists who will...
View ArticleProtect Our School Funding: Chicago Bailout Guts 50% Of A Local School...
It’s a shameless money grab! Springfield politicians want millions of our tax dollars to bail out Chicago. – Allen School District FY 15 Disbursements Change with SB 231 Compared to Disbursements %...
View ArticleIllinois’ public school funding crisis is unacceptable
By Kerry Goff Allen Skillicorn, the Republican candidate for state representative in the the 66th House District, has been concerned, like many have been, over the possibility of public schools not...
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