PEORIA, Ill. – An Illinois non-profit bipartisan advocacy group focusing on education issues is touring the state to discuss its latest review.

Leaders with Advance Illinois made a stop at Illinois Central College’s Peoria campus on Wednesday to meet with community and education leaders to discuss its “The State We’re In” report. The report focuses on issues such as funding, proficiency, and learning gaps among different demographics.

Robin Steans is Advance Illinois’ president. She says one thing that stood out about the 2025 report is the lack of funding for a kids’ education at the beginning and towards the end of its schooling.

“We still got real work to do in terms of making sure all students and children have access to early childhood, and to college, those two things are not af

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