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Friday, April 12, 2013  Voters in the Nauvoo-Colusa school district said "no" to a tax increase on APril 9th.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Filling in the bubble on standardized tests will be a thing of the past in the next two years.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Talks continue at the local level on how to consolidate Illinois 44 Regional Offices of Education.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  School security was at the forefront of Wednesday night's Quincy school board meeting.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  One-on-one interaction outside of the classroom--that's the idea behind the Quincy Public School District's mentor program.

Monday, November 12, 2012  Schools in Illinois are preparing for a big change in the classroom. It's a new national standard of teaching called the "Common Core."

Sunday, October 14, 2012  State Senator John Sullivan (D-Rushville) said the state grants total more than $1.3 million. Twenty-eight school districts will receive grants of up to $50,000 each.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Quincy Public Schools will receive a half a million dollars less from the State of Illinois than originally planned.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  You may see some interesting service animals in Illinois.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Stephanie Fryer with Illinois Statehouse News writes that the notion of Illinois school districts shouldering more of the costs of teacher pensions has small town administrators preparing for deep cuts, but the lack of legislative action is making preparing tough.

Monday, February 20, 2012 

Monday, February 06, 2012  Update: The first of several seminars to educate the public on Quincy's Working Cash Bond issue is Thursday.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  The American Legislative Exchange Council sent out state wide report cards.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  The Quincy School Board approved the new two-year contract for Quincy teachers Thursday after hearing all the details.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  The Quincy Federation of Teachers has voted to accept a two-year contract offer from the Quincy Public School District.