You might be surprised to find that IL moved from 40th to 29th on EdWeek's annual report card for states (Quality Counts 2012). But it's true. That's a C (76.3 points), just below the US average for states.
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In education news, the Obama administration’s "Race to the Top" education initiative has been dealt a setback after public school teachers in Hawaii rejected a contract that called for a move to a performance-based evaluation and compensation system. The vote came shortly after the U.S. Department of Education threatened to sanction the state for not implementing enough educational reforms.
(From Democracy Now!)