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Why several northern Illinois schools are cutting staff and reckoning with multi-million-dollar budget deficits

Northern Public Radio - April 16, 2026

Several northern Illinois school districts are cutting staff as rising transportation, special education and health care costs collide with the loss of federal relief funds. District leaders say the growing deficits reflect a financial squeeze hitting schools of all sizes and income levels.

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Student teachers rarely get paid. New plans in the Illinois General Assembly hope to change that

Northern Public Radio - April 2, 2024

There are over 5,000 student teachers in Illinois every year. Chris Lowe is the director of student success for the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. He says that NIU can’t directly compensate student teachers in their program.

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