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Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association (NSBA), Huffington Post Education, May 4
Mego: This one idea could be solution to school funding woes
Bill Mego, Naperville Sun, May 5
Editorial: CPS is getting schooled by Springfield
Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, May 6
Editorial: School funding system fundamentally unfair to many
Editorial Board, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, May 8
$44 million worth of property tax truth
The Editorial Board, Belleville News-Democrat, May 8
Letters to the editor:
State to blame for school districts' borrowing
Mike Turay, member, Crete-Monee CUSD 201U Board of Education, Daily Southtown, Chicago and suburbs, May 9
Voice of The Southern: We, the students
Editorial Board, The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, May 11
Slowik: No need for Southlanders to lose sleep
over state school funding reform
Ted Slowik, The Daily Southtown, Chicago and suburbs, May 11
Student Poverty Isn't an Excuse; It's a Barrier
By Helen Ladd, Pedro Noguera, Paul Reville, and Joshua Starr, Co-Chairs the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, Education Week, May 11
Our View: Williamsville schools offer valuable lesson
Editorial Board, State Journal-Register, Springfield, May 12
Column: Low-income school districts caught in a statistical crossfire
Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune, May 12
OUR VIEW: Streator board must fight for local control
Editorial Board, The Ottawa Times/mywebtimes.com, May 13
Letters: Schools need funding stability while we seek equity
Rev. James Meeks, Chairman, Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago Sun-Times, May 15
Grimm: Pressure legislators to fund schools
Ralph Grimm, Superintendent, District 205 (Galesburg), The Register-Mail, Galesburg, May 15
Commentary: Change the school funding formula
— without a CPS bailout
Beth Purvis, Illinois Secretary of Education, Chicago Tribune, May 16
Commentary: Rauner's shameful agenda to strangle CPS
Howard Brookins Jr., Chairman of the Chicago City Council Education Committee, Chicago Tribune, May 18
Lessons for Mascoutah school taxpayers
The Editorial Board, Belleville News-Democrat, May 20
Editorial: Illinois' broken school funding formula:
Will Madigan let lawmakers fix it?
Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, May 20
Commentary: Better funding for better Illinois schools
James Gray, principal of Hamilton Elementary School, and Nate Pietrini, principal of Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, Chicago Tribune, May 23
Lester: Suburban schools left holding bag for college entrance exams
Kerry Lester, Daily Herald, Chicago suburbs, May 23
Sen. Andy Manar: School funding reform deserves bipartisan support
State Senator Andy Manar, State Journal-Register, Springfield, May 24
Guest view: Our area school districts need SB 231 for financial stability
Jim Greenwald, Superintendent, Granite City Community Unit District 9, Belleville News-Democrat, May 26
If nothing else, come to the rescue of Illinois public schools
Editorial Board, Chicago Sun-Times, May 26
Voice of The Southern: School’s out for summer (and fall?)
Editorial Board, The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, May 27