Teach Plus IL

We empower excellent, experienced teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students’ success.

[Teach Plus IL @TeachPlusIL]

HB 4577 has officially passed the IL GA! This bill defines play-based learning so our youngest learners can thrive.
Thank you to our champions Rep. @LauraFaverDias, Sen. @MaryforIL , @TeachPlusIL & @EarlyEdIL!
Take the Play Pledge & join us: https://t.co/2IW49TinTH

#HB4577 #ILEd

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Calling all IL educators! Help @ISBEnews refine ELA standards at a one-day review session on June 25 in Bloomington-Normal. We’re looking for K-12 experts to provide high-impact updates, not a full rewrite!
Interest form due: May 6
Apply here: https://t.co/P4Y7fRrwl7

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Chicago Parents! Join the Tie Tuesday Foundation for Spring into STEAM 2026! FREE hands-on AI, Robotics, Coding & more for K-8 students. Plus, a Taco Tuesday feast! March 24th from 9am-1pm. Register: https://t.co/Pl0UEOEZte

#STEAM #ChicagoEvents #TieTuesday

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#TeacherVoice

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Let's remember that math is storytelling: "For me, the easiest way to make math real is by telling real-life stories, especially my story. The math becomes personal and real because it is embedded in these stories." @TeachPlusIL https://t.co/NOyJDOtF34

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Applications for our Policy Fellowship, Change Agent, and Affinity Group Facilitator programs are currently open! If you know an excellent educator who wants to advance educational equity in schools, nominate them for one of our programs! Or apply today! https://t.co/YToIC0Jupd

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Applications for our Policy Fellowship, Change Agent, and Affinity Group Facilitator programs are currently open! If you know an excellent educator who wants to advance educational equity in schools, nominate them for one of our programs! Or apply today! https://t.co/YToIC0Jupd

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Last chance! ISBE is proposing a new school accountability system, and we need your voice for our FINAL focus group! Join us tonight to ensure the new system is informed by educators. Lend your expertise for just 1 hour! Register here: https://t.co/tiKdmAAlb0

[Teach Plus IL @TeachPlusIL]

Applications for our Policy Fellowship, Change Agent, and Affinity Group Facilitator programs are currently open! If you know an excellent educator who wants to advance educational equity in schools, nominate them for one of our programs! Or apply today! https://t.co/YToIC0Jupd

[Teach Plus @teachplus]

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor the contributions of Black teacher leaders who are advancing opportunities and outcomes for students in their classrooms.

[Teach Plus IL @TeachPlusIL]

ISBE is proposing a new school accountability system, and your voice is vital! Join a Teach Plus focus group to ensure the new system is informed by educators and creates real opportunities for students. Lend your expertise for just 1 hour! Register here: https://t.co/xiNfwFvSNG

[Teach Plus IL @TeachPlusIL]

Illinois students are counting on us—and on you, @GovPritzker. Let’s fund their futures with $550M for schools in FY27. Investments in education matter. #FundTheFormula

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Don't miss your chance to shape the new ISBE school accountability system! Join us today for a Teach Plus focus group to share your feedback directly with ISBE. Lend your expertise for just 1 hour and make an impact! Register for today's session here: https://t.co/7faLKQCLj6

[Teach Plus IL @TeachPlusIL]

IL Teachers: ISBE is proposing a new school accountability system, and we need your voice! Join a Teach Plus focus group to share your feedback directly with ISBE. Lend your expertise for just 1 hour! Register here: https://t.co/l28Izxapm4

[Teach Plus @teachplus]

Congratulations to @TeachPlusIL Policy Fellow Comfort Agboola for being named a recipient of the Anne Frank Award for Teaching Memoir! The program gives English teachers a grant to teach memoir across language arts education. https://t.co/p5AwXzcc61

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Meet Leading Edge Fellow and @TeachPlusIL teacher leader Ashley Kannan who speaks up for his students—and helps them find their own voices. “Who better to speak to change than the people who are with their students everyday?”
Watch: https://t.co/AWdeinNm5n
#EmpoweredWithMegRyan

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#TeacherVoice

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This year, a @TeachPlusIL-drafted law requiring state guidance on AI will take effect.

"A year and a half after I had to start making my own decisions about AI in the classroom, I still have no guidance to turn to," said Policy Fellow Sarah Murmann.
https://t.co/l1X8FXn2uD

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Teach Plus Illinois teachers are transforming opportunities for students. Your #GivingTuesday gift invests in the teachers who are courageously advocating for the classrooms—and future—our students deserve. Support their leadership: https://t.co/YdEFMeHWWG

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Illinois teachers are fighting for equity, literacy, and safe, racism-free schools. This #GivingTuesday, help elevate the educators driving real policy change in Springfield and across the state. https://t.co/YdEFMeHp78

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Bob Chikos, @TeachPlusIL alum, shares how Teach Plus has impacted his teacher-advocacy journey: “Teach Plus recognizes that teachers are an important part of the process. We learned how to write op-eds and have meetings with legislators.”

Listen here: https://t.co/AxzczkU9Po

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Schools are starting to adopt play-based or playful learning, in which teachers guide students in playful activities designed to grow specific skills.
https://t.co/xbFkyL5i2d

Read @TeachPlusIL's work on the importance of play here: https://t.co/de7WFRxkxB

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Congratulations to Teach Plus IL Policy Fellow, Tracy Selock, for receiving the University of Chicago’s Outstanding Educator Award! Tracy's bio: https://t.co/UHBgyFD0TU