IMSA Board Considering Mastery-Based Learning Proposal
On April 14th, 2021, Dr. Comfort Akwaji-Anderson and Dr. Jeanette Bartley presented a new policy on Mastery-based learning to the Board of Trustees on behalf…
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Illinois Public Schools Reopening
Although 1.17 million Illinois school children had the option to go in-person for school in the 2020-2021 school year, many other schools still only offered…
College Board to Introduce New SAT “Adversity Score”
On May 16th, the College Board announced its plans to introduce a new score to be reported on SAT score reports – an Overall Disadvantage…
College Doesn’t Matter
The following is an editorial from an IMSA faculty member. This letter has been reviewed only for the appropriateness of its language and grammar, and…
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and Student Loans
On November 2nd, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts, a tax reform bill, was introduced to Congress. The bill is meant to change tax policy…
Has IMSA Stopped Pioneering? An Investigation into IMSA’s Academic History
On a chilly September morning in 1986, teenagers from across the state arrived at a barely furnished building on the outskirts of a seedy Chicago…