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Illinois Bill Exemplifies Groundbreaking Education Reform Article
A sixth-grader copies her homework assignment from a  list on the board at the Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago. A new bill in the Illinois state legislature protects students from chronically low-performing teachers by streamlining the dismissal process, and it would put in place other reforms to get the most effective teachers in the classroom. (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois Bill Exemplifies Groundbreaking Education Reform

The Illinois State Senate recently passed a bill with reforms protecting teachers’ rights while working to get the most effective teachers in the classroom, write Cynthia Brown and Theodora Chang.

Cynthia G. Brown, Theodora Chang