<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Illinois IGNN: Education News</title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link><description>The Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) section is your online source for news from the State of Illinois. Choose from the IGNN Links on the right to locate press releases in the categories that are of interest to you, or use the search the news feature to locate specific press releases or a different topic of releases. For other media, access the Illinois Information Service (IIS) Radio page for digital radio feeds and news soundbites.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright &#169; 2012 State of Illinois</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:32:02 CST</pubDate><ttl>2</ttl><webMaster>cms.rss@illinois.gov</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:32:02 CST</lastBuildDate><image>  <title>IGNN</title>  <link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link>  <url>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/images/IGNN133x45.jpg</url>  <width>133</width>  <height>45</height>   </image><!-- Note: You can get the HTML version by replacing .xml to .htm --><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Launches New Education Initiative to Support Economic Growth - Public-Private Partnership with Business and Education Communities to Focus on STEM Learning and Provide Students with College and Career Readiness]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=25&#x26;RecNum=10020</link><description><![CDATA[BLOOMINGTON – February 9, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today joined business and education leaders to launch the Illinois Pathways Initiative, an innovative public-private partnership between Illinois’ public education institutions and the business community to foster Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) learning. Funded through the state’s secured Race to the Top funds, Illinois Pathways will help prepare students for college and careers in new and growing fields. As part of Governor Quinn’s agenda to reform and improve education in Illinois, this initiative will provide for strong collaboration in Illinois’ business and education communities to prepare students for the jobs of today and tomorrow.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">C1722A7941D61AAD6E651A35B65A9C3E</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Signs Law to Overhaul School Performance Reporting - New School Report Cards to Help Parents and Communities Measure Performance]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=25&#x26;RecNum=9985</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – January 24, 2012. As part of his ongoing commitment to reform education in Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation that will give parents and communities more information about their schools’ performance than ever before. The new law makes changes to school report cards, and report cards for school districts, in an effort to continue improving the state’s primary and secondary education system. This law was the result of ongoing work by the Governor’s P-20 Council, which was formed in 2009 to work with teachers, administrators and other stakeholders to improve education in Illinois.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">D69BC0B1AEAFCC63C7D99509A65E0492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Opens $18 Million "Building One" on Western Illinois University Riverfront Campus and Announces New Funding - Hundreds More Jobs to Result from Administration's Announcement of $38 Million in Capital Funding for Phase II of Moline Campus Expansion]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=25&#x26;RecNum=9969</link><description><![CDATA[MOLINE – January 17, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today joined local officials at Western Illinois University (WIU) to open the $18.4 million "Building One" at the school’s Riverfront Campus in Moline, a facility that will house the university’s undergraduate programs in the Quad Cities. In his third visit to the campus since the project was announced, Governor Quinn also announced the release of an additional $38 million in state capital funds for the next phase of the Moline campus expansion that will create hundreds of jobs and triple university enrollment when complete. The Governor stood alongside WIU President Jack Thomas to open the new building and announce additional funding.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2EF3DCE7C059B268CF8B9E0707EE5594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Announces Nearly $43 Million in Race to the Top Competition - Federal Funding Award to Advance K-12 Reforms, Improve Student Achievement and Boost Science Technology Engineering, Math (STEM) Learning Across Illinois]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=25&#x26;RecNum=9943</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – December 23, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced Illinois earned a $42.8 million federal grant under the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top (RTTT) program to help bolster Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education across the state and other work to close the achievement gap. Half of those funds– about $21 million –will go directly to the state’s local districts that agree to accelerate education reform. Illinois is one of seven states in the nation to be awarded a portion of the $200 million in federal funds, which will be distributed through the 2013-14 school year to benefit K-12 students.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5837E05C0213DC1617E409543331442C</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Announces More Than $17 Million Capital Funding for College of Lake County - New Science Classroom Building for Grayslake Campus Will Create More Than 120 Construction Jobs, Prepare Students for 21st Century Careers]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=25&#x26;RecNum=9935</link><description><![CDATA[GRAYSLAKE – December 20, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced more than $17 million in Illinois Jobs Now!  capital funding for construction of a new science building and  renovation of existing science facilities at the College of Lake County’s Grayslake campus. The project will create more than 160 construction jobs and allow CLC campus facilities to keep pace with recent enrollment growth.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5D293363C4BE77F134214BEC786E2FEB</guid></item></channel></rss>
