A group of Illinois educators want to expand career prep with dual-enrollment programs and partnerships in fields like healthcare, technology, and manufacturing.
Illinois education leaders say they're launching Vision 2030 to improve schools by focusing on safety, hiring more teachers and better tracking school performance
Kimberly Small, executive director of the Illinois Association of School Boards, says Vision 2030 focuses heavily on future-focused learning.
"We're all about reshaping our schools and classrooms and redefining students success to reflect and prepare students for all the different ways the world and the economy has changed," said Small.
The plan builds on Vision 2020, which changed how schools are funded in state back in 2017.
The adoption of Vision 2020 in 2017 changed how Illinois schools were funded, according to advocates.
Advocates argues it focuses on fairness by giving more money to schools with the greatest financial need while ensuring others kept their funding.
Vision 2030 advocates says they are building upon that model, which they argue must be fully funded to ensure every student gets a quality education.
Small says that they are committed to getting students to think about their own pathways to college and careers as early as elementary school.
Small adds Vision 2030 wants to make it easier to hire and keep great teachers by offering flexible licenses and better support.
