MEDIA ADVISORY: Illinois Education Association to release annual, bipartisan State of Education report

WHO: Illinois Education Association (IEA) President Karl Goeke will be joined by pollsters Jill Normington from Normington-Petts and Pat Brady from Mercury Consulting to release IEA's annual State of Education report.

WHEN: Mon., Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: VIRTUAL - via Zoom. To attend the news conference, please fill out this Google Form. Zoom information will be sent upon completion of the Google Form.

NOTE: This year's IEA State of Education poll shows Illinoisans believe that all children have the right to a public education. Data also show Illinoisans do not support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in public schools. The poll shows Illinoisans strongly support public education and believe we should be investing more in our public schools, students and educators not less.

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The 135,000 member Illinois Education Association (IEA-NEA) is the state's largest union. IEA represents Pre K-12 teachers outside the city of Chicago and education support staff, higher education faculty, retired education employees and students preparing to become teachers, statewide.