Spending per pupil at Newark Community High School District 18 is up 25 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

Spending per pupil at Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 is up 3 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

Spending per pupil at Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 is up 16 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

Spending per pupil at Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90 is up 26 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

DePaul University softball tops the list of highest grossing programs in Illinois, reporting more than $1.3 million – or $63,791 per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Fifty-eight University of Illinois fraternities and sororities will pay $814,000 more in property taxes this year than they did in 2015, according to Champaign County Assessor data analyzed by the Chambana Sun.

Spending per pupil at Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 is up 8 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

At Kennedy King College, 26.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Public school administrators in Bluford Unit School District 318, Opdyke Belle River Community Consolidated School District 5, and Breese Elementary School District 12 earn the lowest average salary in the state, according to the latest Illinois schools report card.

Spending per pupil at Oswego Community Unit School District 308 is up 14 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

Too fast and too soon is what three GOP lawmakers expressed about Democrat-sponsored legislation that could alter the newly based $350 million evidence-based funding formula.

Spending per pupil at Plano Community Unit School District 88 is up 14 percent from five years ago, according to a Kendall County Times analysis of district finances.

Public school administrators in Bannockburn School District 106, Rosemont Elementary School District 78 and New Trier Township High School District 203 earn the highest average salary in the state, according to the latest Illinois schools report card.

Administrators in Newark Chsd 18 earn an average of $108,138 per year, ranking 248th out of 858 districts in the state.

Administrators in Newark Ccsd 66 earn an average of $88,126 per year, ranking 638th out of 858 districts in the state.

Administrators in Yorkville Cusd 115 earn an average of $100,325 per year, ranking 377th out of 858 districts in the state.

Springfield District 186 Superintendent Jennifer Gill is admittedly frightened over her district's lack of funding.

Administrators in Lisbon Ccsd 90 earn an average of $92,804 per year, ranking 543rd out of 858 districts in the state.

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Parkland College in Champaign and Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville reported the largest share of borrowers at public higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Administrators in Minooka Ccsd 201 earn an average of $92,896 per year, ranking 541st out of 858 districts in the state.