Recommendations arising from the Illinois Project for School Reform are outlined in this document. First, the problem of declining academic standards is addressed and it is recommended that new curricula and rigorous standards be adopted. Local districts are urged to adopt a core curriculum, a competencies curriculum, or an integrated themes curriculum. Second, the problem of education as a profession in decline is set forth and strategies for ensuring higher standards and greater rewards and opportunities for teachers are recommended. Third, the delivery of educational services is looked at and it is argued that schools have become isolated from the community and that educational innovation has been stifled because schools now have too many responsibilities. It is recommended that new ideas be infused, such as: (1) flexibility in the delivery of educational services; (2) involving the larger community; and (3) streamlining the educational bureaucracy. The fourth section notes that schools have failed to keep pace with rapid economic changes and urges that this be remedied by building alliances between education and business. This is followed by a discussion of dwindling support for public schools and it is recommended that the community be given a stake in public education. And finally, suggestions are made for funding the recommendations. Appendices describe the process by which the recommendations were developed and list financial contributors and consultants. (RDN)