Education

We have incredible educators in the Stateline. Students, friends, spouses, and even parents write in every week to tell us about their favorite teachers!

California, New York, and Massachusetts lead the way for the most educated cities in America for 2022.

If you live in Illinois and want your kids to get a good education, great news, you won't have to move out of the state.

Is there anything more important than a good education?

I don't know about you, but when it comes to cursive writing, I pretty much suck at it. That might be because I stopped writing in cursive the exact moment we were no longer required to do it in school. I've never really looked back, either.

Looking at the results of a recently-published study on the most and least educated cities in the United States reminded me of a couple of quotes. One, from John Belushi in Animal House: "7 years of college down the drain," and the other from my dad: "Did 9 years of high school teach you nothing?"

Rockford's Discovery Center Museum is handing out free 'Discovery At Home Activity Kits' to help kids get back on track with their education this summer.

As colleges scramble to prepare for a safe school year in the midst of the pandemic, are they prepared to enforce safe social distancing among their students?

Dolly Parton is the best. There's plenty of reasons why that statement is true. From helping pay for the COVID-19 vaccine, to continuously giving amazing advice to her fans, she is an amazing person. If you've never heard of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, I'm just going to let Dolly herself tell you all about it - It's an awesome organization...

It's no secret this school year is unlike any other. And that goes for every single person involved in a school day. From the parents and students, to the teachers, to bus drivers, paras, and anyone else working day after day to make a school operate the best it can in 2020...