Carbondale
The Illinois State Board of Education has partnered with Southern Illinois University Carbondale on a groundbreaking new process for scoring a large-scale student academic performance assessment.
More than 400,000 Illinois students took the Illinois Science Assessment, ISA, for the first time in...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ track season hasn’t begun yet, but two members have already done well in two indoor meets this past winter.
Senior Brooke Miller, in the 400 and 800-meter runs, and freshman Julia Lasley, in the pole vault, both competed at indoor meets at Southern...
Shawnee Community College has a new music instructor after the retirement of John Windings, who was the music instructor for over 20 years.
Lee VanAlstine has been working in K-12 public education in Southern Illinois since 1997, though he is originally from Central Illinois.
He received his...
A week after the region experienced deadly tornadoes, another round of severe weather rumbled through the region Monday night and early Tuesday, March 6-7.
Tornadoes swept through Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois Monday night and early Tuesday morning, Feb. 28 and March 1.
The tornadoes...
State Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, invites job-seekers in the Southern Illinois area to attend a free résumé building workshop that he is planning to host alongside Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Career Services program.
The workshop is set for 6 p.m. March 16 at the Harrisburg...
John E. Schwegman, a longtime conservationist, is the winner of the 2017 Delta Award, presented by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Friends of Morris Library.
The Delta Award, which originated in 1976, is presented annually to an author who is from Southern Illinois or who has written...
Black History Month was celebrated during February at the Mounds Public Library in Mounds.
An exhibit showcased African Americans who have made significant contributions to American culture. On exhibit were 36 African Americans who are on U.S. postage stamps.
The displays featured a colored...
Shawnee Community College near Ullin hosted the annual Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering, WYSE, Academic Challenge on Feb. 9.
Eleven of the 12 high schools in the college’s district competed at the event.
Participating high schools were separated into two divisions based on their...
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute plans to host a one-day conference on March 10 to examine fair school funding in Illinois.
A recent report of the Illinois School Funding Reform Commission, appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner, will be examined during the...
Emergency preparedness officials plan to unveil an interactive kiosk aimed at educating the public on earthquake safety, developed in part by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher.
Harvey Henson, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at SIU and manager of the project,...
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