Building Community-Led Sustainable Futures Through Research and Solidarity

By Armando Jose Torres Before arriving at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for the first time, I was living and working at UC Santa Barbara as an admissions counselor. I traveled throughout central and southern California supporting and advising high school students, with a particular focus on first-generation Latinx youth and their families as […]

How are Illinois Teachers Using AI? A Snapshot of a Statewide Survey

Aigul Rakisheva, Sam Lindgren & Carine Verschueren In late 2025, we conducted a statewide survey to better understand how K-12 teachers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) in their classroom and perceive its role in teaching and learning. Nearly 900 teachers responded offering a snapshot of how AI is quickly shaping the future of education. […]

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